USB Cassette to MP3 Converter, Portable Walkman Cassette Audio Music Player Tape-to-MP3 Converter with Earphones, Volume Control, Auto Reverse, No PC Required

I had a stack of audio tapes from my childhood that my parents gave me and I needed to convert them to a digital format. I considered a number of options, including some well over $100, but ultimately decided to take a chance on this. For my purposes, this unit really delivered and was a fantastic purchase for the money. I used the included USB power cable to plug the unit into a wall adapter so I didn't need to bother with AA batteries. A few people reported getting buzzing or other interference doing this but I had no issues (I did not try powering off of my computer, only directly from a wall outlet, so that might be the difference). Admittedly, the tapes I was converted were not of great quality originally, but the unit did the job admirably. I plugged the USB drive into my computer and everything I recorded was present. The volume seemed low on a number of the files so I increased it using Audacity (free open source audio editing software), but I think that was likely more due to the original recording quality than this unit. All in all this was well worth the money I spent.

Had this for about a week. I returned a competitor unit (also about $30) because I had to hook it up to my computer to download music. I liked the idea that this one was self-contained (with a USB, stick, anyway). I also liked that it is SUPPOSED to break the songs up into separate files when it detects a break in the music. So far it's been doing what says EXCEPT that it doesn't always divide the songs up as advertised - that function is not reliable. I didn't want to have to use Audacity because it looks like an airline cockpit - way too many options. But I bit the bullet, watched a few YouTube videos and figured out how to split songs up with Audacity. So don't expect that function to work perfectly. But to be fair, they actually admit this in the documentation. This device is not intended to create studio quality recordings. However, I was pleasantly surprised that the quality of the final MP3 is actually OK for casual listening. It does a pretty good job for $30. I am happy with the purchase. However, I fully expect it to stop working because there is so much technology packed into this cheap little device. But until it quits working, I'm happy with it (I actually purchased the Asurion extended warranty - can't wait to see how that works out.). I would have paid more if it had the option to either have it stop at the end of the tape, or after switching sides once to be able to capture the whole tape hands-off. You can't just set it and forget it. You have to babysit it and stop it yourself. I haven't used ALL of the functions yet. The instructions are not horrible - typical translated instructions. So it is fairly easy to learn to use. Overall - it's pretty amazing that so much tech and capability is jammed into this little cheap looking/feeling device. I was looking at paying $200 for that Pyle tape deck with a USB output so that I could use it for my chrome and metal tapes with dolby, etc. But that one doesn't even do as much as this one does. It may have given me better quality recordings, but how much audiophile quality sound should I really be expecting out of a 40 year old cassette tape?!?! I am happy with the purchase and recommend it if you know what you're getting.One Month Update: As I surmised in my original review above, it didn't last long, so I'm changing my rating from 4 stars to one. It had been working fine and I was happy with it, then one day, it just stopped converting. The way it works is you insert your USB stick, then hold down a button till the LED turns from green to blue. Then you start your cassette playing and push another little button and the blue LED starts flashing telling you that it is converting. Well, a few minutes into the tape, the little LED would stop blinking for apparently no reason meaning the conversion had stopped. I tried "conditioning" the tape by forwarding and rewinding to eliminate any tension caused by misaligned tape in the cartridge - again to no avail. So I am returning it. But truth be told, I am just going to keep purchasing these things and returning them when they break until I finish converting all my old cassettes. It looks like one vendor sells the same thing for $25. Essentially, it's disposatech.

Works great!! I bought this because I own a ton of Hip Hop old school Live recorded Hip Hop shows from the early '80s and just old dance mixtapes. I wanted to transfer everything to an mp3 format and copy onto my laptop. It works well, it does exactly what it's supposed to do. It's affordable so you can take it with you on the go in digitize when you're in the airport , or driving in the car or just whatever. The only drawback is, I wish It had a gain/limiter control for lower or bad quality tapes, and some basic equalization modulation, so that you can sort of fix the volume and EQ on the tapes as you transfer them digitally to your USB. However, what more can you ask for in a simple device. I guess you can dump everything into your computer and edit it afterwards too at that. So I would say overall very nice.

So I really thought this was a dud and I was going to be sending it back today. When I played my tape on it i heard a hum that I didnt hear when I play it on another cassette player. So I figured the mp3 recording would pick up that loud hum but I made the recording anyway. I used the mypin USB stick that they sale as well. I also had a power adapter for it and used that instead of batteries. So I made the recording and listened to it on the mp3 player using the USB in the mypin machine and still heard the hum so I was disappointed 😞. So today I was going to gather everything up to ship it back when I realized I never put the USB stick into my laptop to see how it sounds. Well my first thought was why bother, what difference will it make. I WAS WRONG!!! No hum at all!! I dont know why and dont really care, I'm just glad I checked the recording on my laptop before sending things back! I'm so excited!!! I literally have HUNDRESDS of cassette tapes I would like to transfer and would like to order 2 or 3 more of these little machines. I hope this one wasn't just the luck of the draw and the others will be just as good as this one! Its so very easy to use even the least technical person on the world can do it. I use manual record because I want to use audacity and put my own breaks in later. Try this machine, Amazon has easy returns at the ups store if you dont like it. Just besure to put the USB stick in your laptop and check the recording you might be surprise how great it sounds. Most of my tapes are spoken word so I can't really speak to other types of formats.