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Summary: Noise recorder
Review: I bought this recorder to record a class I was taking. Lukily for me, my instructor had a loud voice so it recorded well. It has two speed selections. If you use the slower speed to get more tape time,it will get worse. It also has the V O R "high" "Low" selection and that's only to ensure continuous tape play when the voice gets soft. If your instructors voice is soft it may not work to well. I've seen other Sony models that are better and they take a regular cassette tape not these microcassette tapes.
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Summary: Not bad for a small recorder
Review: I bought this recorder to record a class I was taking. Lukily for me, my instructor had a loud voice so it recorded well. It has two speed selections. If you use the slower speed to get more tape time,it will get worse. It also has the V O R "high" "Low" selection and that's only to ensure continuous tape play when the voice gets soft. If your instructors voice is soft it may not work to well. I've seen other Sony models that are better and they take a regular cassette tape not these microcassette tapes.
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Summary: Good, Clear Quality
Review: I have had this for 5 years and it still works great. In a normal setting (like a room), it records very clear. I recently used it underneath a big stack of clothes to record friends for a school project and I could hear everything just fine. The only times I have had not so clear recording is outside and in my car, and it still produces good audio. Note however, that this was still with the volume at a normal level. If it is turned up all the way then the audio quality is diminished, but there is no need to have it up all the way. This was my third microcassette recorder. My previous two had broken within weeks of me using them, but not this one. Also, the battery life in this recorder is great! I don't remember the last time I had to change the batteries. Definately a good deal!
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Summary: Pretty good for the money
Review: I've had mine for three or four years now. I've used it for taking notes as well as recording meetings, and it's good at both. It's small enough that it doesn't draw attention to itself. Now, it's not a supersensitive spy recorder; you're not going to record a quiet coversation across the room. But that's not what it was meant for. It's best for recoding voices within 6-10 feet, although in a pinch it will record (somewhat noisily) from twice that distance. Add an external microphone and you can increase that range. Add an inexpensive telephone pickup and you can record your incoming phone calls, too. Use the VOR function and you can record them automatically. Microcassette recorders are somewhat a dying breed, as digital recorders and flash memory cards plummet in price. But it'll still be a while before you can get a digital voice recorder that can record 90 minutes as cheaply as you can with a microcassette recorder.
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Summary: Bad Choice
Review: Records a loud and persistant background noise. The Voice Activated Recording on my unit did not work. It records continuously even in a very quiet room. The microphone is not strong enough to record a meeting. Realized after I opened it that it does not have an automatic reverse function. I plan to return it to Office Depot.
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Summary: Noise recorder
Review: Records mostly noise of the motor. Poor sensitivity and poor recording quality. My 5 years old (and stolen...) Sony recorder
was perfect. This one is useless.
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Summary: Noise recorder
Review: This model records noise instead of voice. I just returned it to Circuit City.
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