Sony TCM-200DV Cassette Recorder with Dual Power Source

The Sony TCM-200DV was advertised with a "Dual Power Source" No only did t arrive w/o a battery but the AC power source was not in the packaging. It was depicted in the manual. Though the item was listed as eligible for free shipping, I paid for shipping. This is not like the Amazon I have dealt with before.

This was a gift for my nephew.He wanted a small cassette recorder to tape music off of websites of radio stations not in our area.He said the quality is great.You can slow down the music or make it faster according to how you want to listen to it.It was a good deal for the money.Highly recommend!

I bought this model on clearance a month or so ago. Its nice, and I like the mic in port which allows me to capture audio from a TV, Palm Pilot, or other source. Or even it allows me to copy tapes from my micro cassette recorder.

Although the unit is a bit bulky and clunky and definitely not one of the newer digital recorders, its a good starter unit, and has its advantages.

I am involved in a legal matter at this time, and I used this recorder to copy a micro cassette tape and have sent that tape to the DFEH to aid the investigation.

The problems with digitals is that when the battery dies, so does your audio files. Not so with tape.


John

This is a very good buy for the money. I recommend it for taping conversations. It would not be good for money.

I've bought it for my mom and tested it for some weeks before I send it to her. Overall It was great buy. I didn't have any music cassette tape so I put in blank tape and record some voices and the quality was fine. Ofcourse It wasn't digital recorder so It has some constant noice of tape running but sound quality was great. It was far better than those in the mp3 player's built in mic recorder. You can adjust the speed of a tape and make some funny sound like cartoony voice. Only concirn is it doesn't have auto stop or auto-reverse so always do it by manually.