DIGITNOW Cassette Player, Portable USB Cassette to MP3 Converter, Walkman Audio Music Cassette Tape to Digital Converter Player with Earphones, No PC Required, Black

The original one was faulty. Seller dispensed with the need to return and sent me a replacement without question not even requiring me to return the 1st one. At first I thought I had received another dud, but the seller suggested checking playback volume... DOH!! It was all the way down. Turned up and playback. Hurrah! Plugged in the USB stick and followed the instructions to start recording off tape to USB. NOTE: only press the Play/Record button on the back briefly to change from solid green to flashing. Pressing too long does not start the recording (ask me how I know!!). For the first 5-10 minutes I listened to the playback while recording. There was quite some hiss and extraneous noise coming through the earbuds. I was concerned that all this would be recorded along with the actual recording. But no! After the recording was complete, I played the recorded file back on my computer and it was extremely clear - no hiss. I saw some people complaining about the tape not auto-playing the 2nd side. I had no such issue. Upon reaching the end of side 1 there was a brief pause, a click and side 2 started perfectly. 100% happy!!

Cheaply made, very poor quality. Play button would not stay engaged. Volume had to be at 100% to hear. Go ahead and spend a few more dollars for a better player/recorder. Returning within 15 minutes of opening. Would have rated with no stars if allowed.

I didn't run into any of the sound or quality issues discussed in some of the other reviews, so I'm pretty pleased overall. I was able to digitize about 20 old cassettes. The audio quality was pretty poor to start with, so I can't really comment on the audio quality of this device (but it didn't seem to make it worse). My only complaint is that it feels cheaply built (not surprising given the low price) and that it didn't work correctly 100% of the time (auto-reverse sometimes failed, recordings sometimes stopped for no reason). Overall, these errors were infrequent enough that I would still recommend this product. Just don't trust it 100% until you confirm the recording.

As the title said, I have a bunch of old cassette tapes from the 70s and 80s that are irreplaceable. I've been wanting to copy them to digital format for a long time, but just didn't know how to. I found this on Amazon a few days ago and gave it a try. While it feels cheaply made, it gets the job done. It's easy to use -- plug a USB thumbdrive into it, play the tape, and you end up with a MP3 file on the thumbdrive. If you want, use Audacity to separate that MP3 file into separate songs. The resulting MP3s suffer from a little wow and flutter, but I don't know if that's caused by this player or the tapes were recorded like that. They are from the 70s and 80s, after all. I successfully saved my priceless old mix tapes to MP3. So I'm a happy customer. :-)

I've tried a lot of things; sometimes they work sometimes they don't, and never perfectly: pressing on the power cord, shifting the USB in the slot, squeezing the cover. What comes through the earphones is simply noisy. It may be that the recording is not as noisy, but there is at least an annoying low hum throughout. Noise reduction in Audacity helps, but you never get rid of the sound problems. If you can live with the sound issues for this price, this is okay. Cute cover!

Works great

Not good, I returned it.

Although I could play the cassette with no issues, getting it to record took a little finagling. It didn't like the first USB drive I put into it. The light came on, but it would not record. Same with the second one I tried. Before giving into frustration, I tried one more and it worked. After some testing, it seems it likes some USB drives more than others. I got the working one to work fairly consistently and the ones that didn't work were consistent in their not-working. In my testing, it liked Sandisk drives, but did not like Memorex drives. I have no idea why. Personally, I'm still going to recommend it as it worked exactly as I hoped it would (with a little finagling). I hope this review helps anyone that finds themselves having the same problem. Good luck and happy recording!