AIWA BBTC-550 Portable Cassette Radio, Bluetooth, CD, USB

For such a tiny thing, it really booms. I'm a headbanger and this thing copes with it well.

works as intended would recommend

I got this as I needed something with CD, stereo tape record and aux input. My son and I want to do olde 1980s tapes from vinyl and CD... it actually works for that, but I have some serious issues with it:First thing I noticed is the European two-pronged power plug on it. If you've no other "figure of 8" cable you're stuffed, unless you have a pack of batteries or can correctly and safely fit a UK plug. If not get a qualified person to refit it for you as it's not worth the risk. Should have come with a UK plug attached, I thought that was UK law these days?On inspection before I used it I saw that the little switch tab inside the tape deck was broken. I took a picture as best I could, and you can clearly see it's all skew. It's actually hanging loose. It's that little button that prevents a pre-recorded cassette tape from being recorded over, it stops you pressing the Record button? It doesn't work as the little switch inside is bust. You can freely press the Record button at any time, thus risking erasing your cherished tape collection. Not happy, and I've not even powered it up yet.So I thought I'd test it anyway...It's a cheap and cheerful thing but works ok. The sound is as you'd expect from something of this size.You can open the CD lid at any time, playing or not it doesn't lock down. If you open during play it stops playing but the disk is still spinning, gradually slowing to eventually stop. Not liking that, for the sake of damaging the disk or cutting unsuspecting fingers on the edges of a spinning CD.So tried test recording onto a blank tape:From the built in CD it records easy enough, and the recorded sound quality is ok I suppose, not the best. It's really quite hissy and muffled, so perhaps choice of tape might be a factor? I'm using Maxell things that were bought new a few weeks back. Still not great sound from it though. It did improve a small amount with some Fuji tapes we have, so that'll need some testing to find tapes that give the best, but still pretty awful.From Aux input from a record deck it actually sounds better than recording from CD! Figure that out. So for us that's so far the only winning factor, we can record from vinyl and it sounds quite good-ish.Record from Aux from another tape player: It sounded pretty good through the speakers as we played the external tape into the Aux, but the recording of it was awful again, worse than recording from the CD. Tried all sorts of levels and sound settings on the external tape player so that might be experimentation ongoing; trying to get a decent tape to tape recording.So overall? Surprised that Aiwa have released something of such sub-standard quality, in so many ways. It arrived broken, which I've no doubt was most likely broken before it left the factory as there's no way can that little button get broken off in transit, it's sold in the UK with a Euro plug on it, and the recording sound quality overall is appalling. My son reckons to fight on with it, and be careful not to press the Record button when you don't want to, and experiment with recordings to see what works best and maybe try a few different brands of blank tapes.In the meantime though I just can't find myself giving it any recommendation. For the price of over eighty quid, and the brand Aiwa, I was expecting something that at least worked sort of. I sadly feel like I've been duped.

Sound is tinny. I probably would have had to spend a lot more to obtain the sound quality I was expecting.

If you're just looking for a good portable Bluetooth c.d. player with Aux and U.S.B. connections go ahead. But if you're looking to play tapes old and new don't bother. After four cassette albums play -first, there was no sound at all and after pressing stop and resuming playback it played the cassette on triple speed, making Black Sabbath sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks playing metal. Overall a good sounding c.d. player, particularly when connected to auxiliary speakers but utterly useless for tapes!

I like the fact it’s got Bluetooth , a clock and plays all my old cds and tapes foot print is small enough for my garage shelf.Only thing of note is it has a 2 pin mains plug so needs a shaver adapter in U.K. if not using batteries.

Doesn't take up a lot of room, great sound quality. Son is very pleased with the Christmas present

Fast delivery. Sound mediocre. Not really worth the money. Wish I had bought a serviced vintage one elsewhere.