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This converter works exactly as advertised. Even if you are a novice to the software it uses, you will be able to use this device with no problem. The included CD comes with Audacity and the plugin needed to export the file to mp3 but I would recommend downloading the latest version of Audacity straight off their website. The device is plug and play once Audacity is installed. Just hit record on Audacity and then play on the player and the player does the rest!

I had this player for about 3 weeks and used it to convert my tapes to wav or wma format using Audacity. After about two weeks of good performance the FF button began to be difficult to depress. Yesterday it ceased to function altogether. The player itself was fine, did the job it was intended for, quality was fairly good, easy to operate but sometimes I had to completely rewind the tape after stopping and starting it a few times in the middle of a tape due to slippage I think (sound quality issue). Not sure if FF problem is systemic or fluke. You get what you pay for. Item is cheaply made and flimsy.

This is nothing more than a cheap '80s era "Walk man" connection that allows you to USB-connect to a computer. Although, I could not get my Mac to recognize it so had to move over to a Windows laptop. The "included" software is just Audacity which is free off the Internet anyway. If you already have a tape deck, you're better off just getting the right adapter to run from the tape deck output to the input/mic on your computer. I thought the MP3s would get generated right on the unit and then you'd transfer to the computer. Not so. It's a real time audio capture (which is why an adapter from a tape deck is just as good). You hit play on the unit and then you click record in Audacity. In the end, it got the job done, but now I'm wondering about the quality of playback from this cheap unit.

Althought it is not a very solid design (it's basically plastic and not metal), it is very useful to digitize your old tapes. I prefer to use Adobe Audition to process the audio capture instead of Audacity (shipped with the product). You will have to record the tapes "the old way". It means that you will have to "keep an eye" on the music as you digitize it and, if you are using Audition, it is a good idea to mark every part of the tape so that you can slice it in pieces after the process.

So, I figured, what do I have to lose? If it works, it's way worth trying it out. I wasn't expecting a miracle for under $30. What I did get, though, is a dirt cheap product that really does work. My first impression out of the box was that it looked nice, but was light as a feather. The plastic is so flimsy, any drop or other accident at all is going to mean the end of it. Who knew I'd worry about the quality of plastic, but the cassette door and the small plastic battery compartment door can't be described in any other way but frighteningly flimsy. Handle with great care. I felt like I almost broke the cassette door off the first time I opened it to insert a cassette. The headphones are so cheaply made that the only thing they're good for is to test whether there's sound at all. After that, I couldn't bear using them and just grabbed my own Sony headphones. Even at that, the sound delivered through the Sony headphones was still bad. This machine is a one trick pony, and isn't at all meant to be a cassette player for listening pleasure. The tiny little software CDROM was way too small for my computer CD/DVD player and fell right through. So don't allow your CD/DVD tray to close unless you know it won't fall through into your machine. Finding the AudacityTeam.org website was easy, and after a minute or two of reading, I figured out how to download the installer for free and get the additional conversion utility to make it work. It's a rudimentary DAW. It will help a little to have at least a rudimentary knowledge of audio/studio applications to download the right app/plug-ins. After saying all of that, for quick and dirty conversion to MP3 and/or WAV files, it did actually work, and fairly easily. If your cassettes are of good quality, you should get a decent quality conversion. If they're crappy, well, what goes in will be what comes out the other end. I was able to create both MP3 and WAV files I could open in Adobe's DAW (Audition) and fix it up a little. I'm sure there are better ones out there than this converter, but not at that price point. I'm going to experiment with it more, but within about 15 minutes of getting it out of the box, I was able to convert a really old cassette tape to MP3/WAV without much of a hassle. Now I just have to find someplace safe to store this thing where there's NO chance of it being touched by anything else.

Worked like a charm. You need to download Audacity to work with this, which I already had and is free. Sound remained quality in the transition to digital.

Easy to use, the only thing is that it comes with a CD for the installation and those are not always standard anymore with computers. It wasn't easy to find the link. I would say that it might be a challenge for someone who is not computer savy. For my uses it is great.

I was skeptical about the price and whether it would give a professional playback/recording. Worked like a charm! It does require audacity or some sort of importing program. I used audacity to bring it in and garage band to edit and put on CD or convert to MP3. If you have audio tapes to transfer, it's worth the purchase.