Sony TCM-929 Pressman Desktop Cassette Recorder with Automatic Shut-Off

I've purchased several of these for students to pass of band exercises. So far, no problems at all.

I purchased this tape player for my five year old. Its a sturdy one and easy to use. The best part is the price. Most tape players run over $20.00 in retail stores. I may buy another one for when this one expires.

this was the best, needed a cassette deck to listen to audio books in my car and this works great with re-chargable batteries. It sits in my passenger seat and the speaker is loud and clear enough to hear.

The Sony TCM-929 Pressman Desktop Cassette Recorder with Automatic Shut-Off is a perfectly serviceable cassette tape recorder and player. I bought it specifically to move my cassette tape collection to digital format on the computer. You will need a couple of double male-male patch cords to connect the earphone and mike ports to your sound card. Then, with an inline .wav, .mp3 or .ogg sound recorder program, you're all set. The system worked fine for me, and I completed the conversions in several weekend evenings.

Amazon offered this machine at a price that I could not ignore. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a reasonably sturdy, and capable cassette tape recorder or player.

Obviously, at this price, you are not going to get studio sound quality, but it seems to be much better than I expected. Of course the quality of your tapes is also important.

I recommend the item for the limited uses that I've suggested.

I bought this unit for two reasons. 1) to play books on tape, and 2) for dictation. I'm visually impaired, so when I need to type from printed material, or enter store receipts, I first record myself reading, and then type while the machine dictates to me. This is not the machine for playing stereo music cassettes (you can, but it won't sound great - it's too small, and is not stereo). If you just want a basic cassette recorder with big easy buttons, and no extras to get in the way, this is the one. In fact, I've owned several of these, and they're very dependable and long-lasting.