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Rating And Reviews: Ion Tape Express Player

USB tape player turns music on cassette tapes into MP3s. Flexible battery or USB-powered operation. Plays Chrome or Normal cassette tapes.

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"not bad for a cassette recorder" submitted July 4, 2011

By a customer from sbcglobal.net
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Musical Background: active musician
Music Style: r&b Jazz Gospel
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Sound: I have found the product to be a little better than i imagined,I use asio drivers and sound card with pro tools and reasons as well as sample tank the overall sound of tape express was better than I thought it would be I gave it a 6 because it picked up a hum from incoming land line Telephone calls as well as wireless signals which were also recorded to the conversion an unexpected negative , yet i still find it useful with my laptop , thanks it really comes in handy Feature: the product was shipped with head phones that are actually useful as a stand along if need be , the only thing that could be better is the total elimination of the frequency noises from other products near the product Value: perhaps as in relation to need
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"Cheaply Made And Has Issues" submitted March 9, 2012

By Frank N
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Musical Background: Guitar and sing for over 20 yrs. Have played in bars, but mostly at home/parties
Music Style: Rock, Blues, Originals, Covers, Top 40's, Country. Anything from the 50's thru now. All the real music! No C*rap!
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Overall: Made of cheap plastic. I had to hold down the play botton, hard, while the tape was playing, to get the right channel to come in clear. The tape plays fine on my old cassette deck. The included software records directly to iTunes and it's pretty basic. After the first attempt, I deleted the software, and use Audacity instead. You've got a lot more options in tweaking the sound and formatting. If you can't find anything else, this is an okay product for converting your cassette's....but if you want to convert important stuff, I'd look for a better option. Considering how cheaply it's made, I don't know how long it will last.
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"Ion audio Express" submitted April 11, 2012

By Nita L in Beaumont,, CA
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Sound: Poor Feature: Control of volume is not easy to access. Software to limited and does not seem to transfer information properly. Quality: Poor Value: I paid 69.00 for something that doesn't work. So... No the product is not worth it Manufacturer Support: Not impressed with this company The Wow Factor: No Overall: Bought this hoping for an easy audio transfer to my computer. The first one broke in a week. The second in a day. The software allows you to log your tape info, however this is all lost when it transfers into iTunes. A waste of both time and money. Do not recommend buying this cheaply made devise.
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"Quality Issues" submitted August 17, 2012

By s j in glen arm, MD
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Overall: Purchased this product to archive my analog cassettes to a digital format. Functionally the product works as advertised. However including an A/C adapter would have been nice rather than just relying on batteries especially if you have a lot of tapes to convert. (I called the manufacturer to get the necessary info to choose. Listening through the earphone port on the unit I could hear a 60hz hum which was transferred to the digitized results but not as audible. Fidelity of the audio content in spite of the 60hz hum is was good. USB connectivity works as advertised. Auto reverse function workedl, but it began to cause tape jams. Then the unit began to eat tapes with the reverse function off. That's when i stopped using the unit.
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