Reshow Cassette Tape Player – Portable Tape Player Audio Cassette to Digital Converter, Compatible with Laptops and Personal Computers Convert Cassette Tape Recorder to iPod Format (Silver)

Works. Plays all my old cassettes easy to operate. Plays both sides without having to remove and replace the tape

Ok so let me say that I’ve been looking for a simple cassette player for a while and I then see this one pop up being a bestseller and thought, well it looks like a clean enough design and seems to work well enough I’ll give it a try. Before buying this player I noticed many reviews focused on the quality and effort needed to use the transfer function from cassette to MP3, and becasuse of this I’ve read many reviews mentioning of dating software and issues with the transfer quality and in some cases the player itself, and well in my case I wanted a cassette player to just play cassettes and after nearly a week of use so far so good, for starters I wasn’t expecting much based on the description and reviews but it’s not all that bad, the quality isn’t actually that bad but you do notice from time to time a buzzing or hum while playing a cassette at lower volume or when rewinding or fast forwarding very occasionally I may even hear it skip a very small part of the song but it’s not often, overall the quality of the sound is ok and maybe even great at times, depending on the headphones there’s definitely some bass and the music sounds mostly clear I tried the player with a few cassette that in some cases a tape may not play as good as it should as I’ve recently bought some new and used cassette some of which may have not been cleaned yet. When first playing cassettes it sounded like there was a bit of sound distortion or even a bit of a slow down while playing and I at first used the older and not as new cassettes and after that I tried a cassette I recently bought new still with the shrink wrap that sounded quite a bit better definitely more clear and less distorted with seemingly no slowdown (I’ve been using batteries during play) as I’ve jumped from one tape to another it can be a bit mixed here and there with quality but overall mostly usable and a pretty solid listening experience. Secondly I will move into the design of the cassette player itself, overall nothing special has a bit of an 80’s look and a bit of weight to it but not much more that make it feel high quality, mostly cheap plastic with a fake metal design but it works as mentioned as it should for the most part. As for the transfer capability I’m not sure as I’ve yet to try it and don’t intend to as I just want to listen to cassette tapes once and a while. To wrap this whole thing up I got to say I’m mostly pleased descent sound quality 3.8/5 and design 4/5 it’s what I of course expected from the price and it sounds good and like I mentioned even great at times but not much more than that, not sure about the battery life but don’t expect more than maybe a few hours of use. For the future I’d like to see a newer unit made with better materials and better playback quality and an FM/AM radio feature, maybe priced in the ballpark of $35-50. If you need a cassette player get this one but if you must get something better maybe you’d be better of waiting for something better in the future or get a used Walkman (be ready to save up and make sure it works well) for all other people this is sufficient enough and sounds just a bit better overall than expected. (But please don’t use the included headphones there awful)

I was skeptical based on reviews read prior to purchasing. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the ease of use and quality of the cassette converter. The device comes with a USB connector and headphones. The only downside is that the headphones are a really cheap quality, but that didn't make a difference to me as I don't plan to use them. The instruction book comes with steps for using PC or MAC for converting. Directions were simple and easy to follow. Battery life is dependent on batteries or USB plug in. You can use this device for either listening or converting to digital format. Converting to digital format is a lengthy process as you have to listen to the entirety of the song when creating the digital file. The overall functionality of this device is great! I was able to convert a cassette from 1982 and the sound quality wasn't too bad! I recommend this product.

But then I suppose, what else should I have expected for the low price. But, as often happens I was persuaded by a 4 and half stars rating. And, it also had "auto-reverse", which most of these cassette units don't have anymore. My first complaint is the door, and how it latches and releases. It is very clumsy and user unfriendly. But, I could have gotten past that, except for as soon as I started recording, the auto reverse kept kicking in, and then it kept changing directions. And it took all of 2 and a half "whole" minutes for this to start happening. And from my long experience years ago, with recording and dubbing cassette tapes and such, I know this malfunction is caused by a weak activator, on the auto reverse mechanism. So, as soon as a tape gets a little age on it, these cheaper units have trouble playing them. The same tape worked fine on my regular tape deck unit. But it does not have auto-reverse, which is very important, if you don't want to have to keep flipping your tapes over by hand, to record side 2. Don't be fooled by the "auto-stop" feature, many of these sellers tout these days. Because they all should have that feature. But these days, few of these cheaper manufacturers are building units with auto reverse, which was once almost a standard feature, back in the 1970's and 80's. But I sure wish someone would build a truly quality unit, for producing mp3 files from cassette tapes. I would gladly pay a hundred or even two hundred dollars, for a descent quality unit. But all that seem to be out there now, with any quality to them, are older, mostly worn out looking machines, ND the sellers are usually asking very exorbitantly high prices for them. And it is such a crying shame, That about all we have to choose from that is new these days, is cheap junk. Because these units might work OK if you have a dozen or 2 dozen tapes to transfer. But I have hundreds of tapes to try to process, so this is getting to be very frustrating for me. (End of Rant :) )

I bought this product to convert some audio books on cassette tapes to digital mp3 files. I was unsure whether to get this model (which requires Audacity software or something similar) or the model that does the mp3 conversion internally automatically. In the end I was glad I got this model to use with Audacity. Audacity, which is freeware, came in the package on a small compact disk although I already had it on my Windows PC (and it can be downloaded as well). The cassettes were 20-30 years old and had some hiss when played. But I reviewed a few YouTube videos about using the 'Noise Reduction' feature of Audacity and that really helped remove the hiss. Also some tapes, even with the hiss reduced, still sounded muffled. To improve those, I used the equalizer function to bump up the higher frequencies before saving as mp3 files. If I had used the device that converted to mp3 automatically, I would not have been able to remove the hiss and muffle. Instructions were fine and the package included a cable to run between the device and USB port on the laptop. It also had an inexpensive pair of ear buds that I didn't use. Did not insert batteries since it is powered when cabled to the PC. Playback volume and controls were fine but didn't use the device to "listen" for pleasure - just to rip the audio books one time each. It was a solid, affordable solution for me and now I am on the lookout for more titles by the same narrator/author combo from the cassette tape era. I was pleased with how well this turned out.

You get what you pay for. This player does work and does record to a free, downloadable third-party app that exports in MP3 format. The cassette head is not the best and subject to a lot of rf interference, so listening through the supplied headphones does not reproduce a clean sound from a cassette. The cover is difficult to open and is not very sturdy. Likewise with the battery cover. For transferring to an MP3, the supplied USB cable needs to be replaced with a longer, shielded cable. I immediately found that if the unit is too close to the computer or the cable isn't shielded, that the MP3 quality will degrade. Frequently, there would be enough rf interference to crash the app. I can't blame the app crash on the recorder, but the unshielded cable doesn't help. My current shielded cable is 3 feet long and reduces the noise in the MP3, so very little clean up needs to happen in post-processing.

Perfect for what I needed. I found some old tapes from more than 20 years ago and I was able to download to my computer and share with my family, It does come with earbuds but like others have said, you might want to have your own favorite pair. Would be great if you could hear the tape playing without plugging in buds but overall, it worked perfectly for such a great price!

First of all, let me stress this device is not designed to make low quality recordings into high quality recordings, or even good recordings. However, digitizing analog recordings will allow one to clean them up some using good audio software. I use Sound Forge Audio Studio rather than Audacity because I already had Sound Forge when I bought this cassette player, Sound Forge cost me a lot while Audacity was free, and I know Sound Forge has the functions I want. I don't know about Audacity. So much for the advantage of converting cassette files to digital files. Now, about this player. First of all, its pros: at under $20 it's a bargain; its sound quality is okay, I guess. most of my cassette recordings, mostly interviews of now long-deceased family members, are transfers from mini-cassette recordings and so the sound quality is not great to start with, but as good as this player plays them, I believe it be very proficient at playing professionally produced cassettes. This player is heavy for its small size which indicates it's well-constructed. Time will tell. Some of the cons: the cord for the ear buds is way too short. As I monitor the player when I am transferring files I tend to pull the player from its place on the table when I move my head. The volume control and the 'open' latch are in a bad location. They're next to the USB plug and the ear bud plug making access to the volume control and latch difficult, especially if you have sausage fingers like I do. Locating the battery compartment requires some patience. I think this player is supposed to get its power through the USB cable but since it only supplies five volts and I don't know how much current, I installed batteries just to be sure power requirements are met. So far I've transferred one 90 minute cassette and the results were satisfactory. Due to the age and brittleness of the second cassette, I've had some problems but not the fault of the cassette player. Bottom line is, this is a very capable cassette player and, although some components of it have a cheap look, for $20 I don't think it can be beat. If I get what cassettes I have converted to digital files without this player failing, it will have been $20 well spent. I recommend it. UPDATE: I've had the Reshow Cassette player for about two weeks and transferred two or three 90 minute cassette tapes to my hard drive. Now the cassette play is DOA. Sorry, but I cannot recommend this item. I've changed my rating from four to two stars.

Działa.

47年前の文化祭と、41年前の米国旅行時のFM放送を残しておきたくてかいました。手軽につなげられるのがとてもよかったと感じています。まあ生きてるうちだけどね。

Super product! Very satisfied!

Hallo. Zuerst einmal möchte ich sagen, dass ich so gut wie keine Probleme damit hatte unter Win10 pro. Hatte mir das Programm Audacity runter geladen. Zuerst war der etwas Störrisch. Nach dem ich auf Aufnahme klickte reagierte er nicht und musste es beenden. Dann hab ich die Hörspiel Kassette (TKKG, Folge19) zuerst laufen gelassen, dann sofort wieder Audacity gestartet, auf Aufnahme geklickt und da ging es ohne Probleme. Und ich muss sagen, die Aufnahme Quallität ist Astrein. Habs auf Stereo eingestellt gehabt und genau so wurde es auch Aufgenommen. Wenn die erste Seite zuende war, müsst ihr die Kassette aber nicht umdrehen. Sondern läuft sofort, anders herum weiter. Erst wenn die zweite Seite zuende abgespielt wurde, gab es ein klack und der "Play" Button sprang nach oben. Danach, hab es bei einem hier gelesen, der es nicht wusste, wie man das als MP3 abspeichert, einfach auf "Datei-Exportieren-Exportieren nach MP3" klicken. Anschließend tut sich ein Fenster auf und dann nur noch die Aufgenommene Kassette betitteln und abspeichern. Ihr könnt auch vorher noch Tags einfügen, wie Titel, Jahr usw. Eigentlich ganz einfach. Wer ihn als Walkman benutzen möchte, da kann ich nur sagen, ihr bekommt einfach ganz "billige" Kopfhörer dazu. Wer einfach nur hören möchte, ohne jeglichen Wert auf Quallität, kann sie natürlich nutzen. Aber ihr könnt natürlich auch eure eigenen guten Kopfhörer mit 3,5 klingen Stecker dran anschließen. Ich betreibe meinem PC mit einer Soundbar, den ich mit einem 3,5 Stecker am PC angeschlossen habe. Den hab ich dann mal eben umgesteckt in den Kassetten Digitallisierer und schon konnte ich die Kassette auch über meine Soundbar hören, wer das möchte. Also ich kann, zu mindestens bei der ersten Kassette, nichts Negatives sagen. Auch was die Aufnahme Quallität angeht. Klar, wie das auch schon einige geschrieben haben, muss das Kassetten Band noch absolut in Ordnung sein. Wenn die MC, wegen mangelhaften Bandes, in nicht guter Quallität abgespielt wird, dann kann auch der Digitallisierer da nichts ändern. Eventuell in Audacity kann man vielleicht Versuchen, die Aufnahme dann noch zu Verbessern. Aber in meinem Falle war das nicht Nötig. Für mich war das Ausreichend ;-)

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