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CE: Sony TCM-200DV Cassette Recorder with Dual Power Source
Date: Saturday, 04 July, 2009 :: 09:14
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Sony TCM-200DV Cassette Recorder with Dual Power Source
Brand: Sony
List Price: USD $34.99
Price: USD $25.09
Product Group: ce
Manufacturer: Sony
Model: TCM-200DV
Studio: Sony
Features:
- Double Recording Time - normal or half-normal speed
- Voice Operated Recording
- Playback Speed Control - +30% or -15%
- External Microphone Jack
- Up to 25 Hours of Battery Life
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Editorial Review:
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Reviews:
Average Customer Review: 
Summary: It is an excellent product!
Date: 2009-06-24 - 
Comment: Cute, easy to operate and works seamlessly! I would recommend this product to others looking for a mini cassette player and recorder.Sony TCM-150 Cassette Recorder with Automatic Recording Level Control
Summary: Good Listening
Date: 2009-06-15 -
Comment: I ordered the Sony TCM-200DV Cassette Recorder with Dual Power Source. I have been using it religiously. I conducted a price comparison and found that my choice of where to purchase it was more reasonable then the stores in my area. My recorder has served its purpose very well. I highly recommed it.
Summary: good portable cassette
Date: 2009-06-07 -
Comment: Purchased to listen to foreign language tapes while in the car. Perfect for this purpose.
Summary: Sony is Baloney
Date: 2009-05-28 - 
Comment: It quit working after just two weeks. I'm in the process of sending it back.
Summary: Average for its price
Date: 2009-05-25 - 
Comment: Remember how technology has changed, that is, every recorder is different...
This recorder has a white magnet erase head. (That technical aspect a long, personal story through experience.) It hardly erases over metal bias but mostly erases over high bias. Some high bias tapes record nearly as well as normal bias, but metal bias has very low sound level and quite distorted. (Read my review on the Sony TCM-929, what a difference!) Overall, a nice unit for the price, but you are fine without the adapter. It made the sound quality abysmal, and even on a GE recorder of this size sounded much worse running on household current. Batteries, you can't go wrong. Rechargeable NiMH batteries last as long as alkaline (Duracell or Energizer) do in my experience, but maybe an hour or two less recording time after much use.
Pros:
- Very sensitive internal microphone, DC bias effect not bad in recordings
- Records quite well on normal and high bias (best if no previous recording)
- Sound quality is cleaner with an external microphone (a PC mike will work)
- Very good sound through the internal speaker
- Very good with headphones - left/right heard (as if it were stereo)
- Very good battery life (alkaline or NiMH, have not tried lithium)
- Durable, hinged battery door
Cons:
- Erases and records poorly on metal bias (very hard-to-find these days anyway)
- No tape counter
- Somewhat low auto record level, moderate noise (low s/n ratio) on even a good tape
- Use masking tape to cover tabs - metal detection lever can puncture cellophane tape
I would recommend this product in general, but could have better sound even for a recorder in its price range.
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