DIGITNOW USB Cassette Player, Portable Walkman Stereo Tape to MP3 Converter, Audio Music Recorder to MP3 Digital File Converter with Earphones, No PC Required, Black, BR607

Overall great product, especially considering the low price! I love that this tape-to-mp3 converter doesn't require software to complete its job, though Audacity is still helpful in "cleaning up" audio and separating any tracks that got merged. Auto mode generally works well to produce crisp audio with the tracks separated as they should be, though occasionally it gets something wrong. I've had it utterly fail to record 3 tracks, but manual mode fixed that. Note that even if you have the player set to automatically switch sides of a tape, the converter will stop converting after the first side. I sometimes get some distortion with the recorded audio, but that's probably due to degradation of decades-old tapes and not the fault of the converter.The instructions, written in your choice of several languages, are pretty easy to follow but not the most intuitive, and the converter itself is a little idiosyncratic. Therefore, I highly recommend practicing conversion with a tape that you don't care much about until you get the hang of it.I always plug the USB charging cable into my computer rather than using batteries, and it works perfectly. I will note that the converter does NOT come with an appropriate USB drive, and it needs a (by today's standards) tiny drive in a very old format, so you might have trouble finding/formatting an appropriate flash drive if you don't happen to have an ancient one lying around like I did. For some reason the instructions for conversion have you plug in the headphones before maxing the volume and hitting "record," but if you try to actually listen with the headphones in your ears, you will deafen yourself. If your hearing is good, you'll probably still be able to hear the sound through the headphones with them just sitting near you.

I ordered the Mypin version of this and it worked great for about a month. Then it would stop the conversion process for no reason in the middle of a song. So I sent it back. I gave a review for that version of this product as well. I ordered two of these from Digitnow thinking that one of them is bound to work. I just verified that the first one was not working. For some reason it would skip during the song. No clue why. The sound is fine while I'm playing it, but the MP3 playback from the conversion has skips in it. So I am going to try the second one and update this post, but this far far 0 for 2.UPDATE: Just tried the third and final one. Same thing. Strange that the first one worked for a month, then started to do the same thing that these two are doing right out of the box. Either way. 0 for 3. Don't buy these.

I ordered this converter because I only have a few cassettes to convert so I didn't need a lot of features and didn't want to pay too much. I chose this one because it records directly from cassette to MP3 format onto a USB memory stick, which is not provided ,but which most of us already have or can get cheaply. The unit can be powered by two AA batteries or by a USB cable (provided), which is nice because the batteries will only provide about two hours of use (according to the maker). One minor complaint is that the headphone jack is very close to the USB port, which makes the jack a little hard to remove when a memory stick is plugged in. The unit itself seems well made but some parts (e.g., the cassette cover) feel a little flimsy. I'm not sure how much use it can take before starting to break down. As others have commented, the instructions aren't clear in some places so it took some testing to figure out how to use it. For example, when recording to the memory stick, you have to press the tiny REC button on the back after you start playing the tape, which makes sense. However, the instructions don't tell you you have to press the REC button again to end recording. If you just press the Stop button then remove the memory stick, the MP3 file isn't readable in Audacity. Once I got past that, it worked well. The audio quality of the conversion is pretty good, though it depends on the quality of the tape. I did notice, as others have mentioned, that there is a "tape hiss" when there is silence. One of the tapes I recorded was spoken word but it was hardly noticeable. Overall, however, especially considering the very reasonable price, these are all modest trade-offs. It's not the right tool for converting boxes of cassettes, but if you only have to use it occasionally, it's a good deal.

So fair warning you'll need your own flashdrive and make sure it's no bigger than 32gb and can be formatted to fat32 .I used the Walmart onn flashdrive which was defaulted to fat33.You don't need batteries because it comes with a cord which actually makes it record better. There's a lot of hissing if you use batteries.I also recommend a good set of headphones so you can listen to the music as it plays. And if you want to press next one the recording side it'll divide the songs up. And make a different file each song and you can put them order if your a little computer savvy. All in all great product. And it didn't eat up my tape. Lol

Works as hoped. Little finicky sometimes when stating recording, but unplugging usb and plugging back in fixed it. Directions are confusing. To stop recording, press RECORD button again. Suggest a usb with a light so you can see it blinking when it records as not always sure looking at display. Very happy.