Product Description

One touch recording on standard cassette tapes / Up to 25 hours on 2 AA batteries / Built-in microphone and speaker

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #514 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: SV
• Brand: Sony
• Model: TCM-150
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 4.50" h x 3.38" w x 1.38" l, .37 pounds

Features

• Records 2 track, 1 channel on standard cassettes
• One touch record from stop or playback
• Up to 25 hours recording life on 2 AA batteries (not included)
• Clear Voice recording system
• 38% larger playback speaker for enhanced sound

Amazon.com Product Description
Sony's TCM-150 cassette recorder offers one button recording for quick play/record operations. The required two AA batteries will run for up to twenty-five hours. With the LED battery level indicator you can be watchful of remaining battery time. Other features include: clear voice recording system, cue and review, pause switch, stop/pause release function, built-in microphone and automatic shut-off. The Sony-Matic automatic recording level control will help you with recording, while the L/R monaural earphone jack will further enhance your recording experience.

What's in the Box
Cassette player, user's manual and one year warranty.

Customer Reviews

Pay a little bit more for important features
The Sony TCM-150 is about the cheapest cassette recorder on the market at this time. For five to ten bucks more you get voice activation, an external microphone jack, a tape counter, and extended play/record. The models with these features are the Sony TCM-200DV (without the tape counter) and the Panasonic RQ-L31. Of course, in all these cases, you're getting a cheaply made recorder intended for lectures, notes and inteviews. If you want something for music or that's built to take some punishment you'll have to pay more.

Last word on the 150: The odds are you're going to need at least one of those extra features - especially voice activation. Pass on this one and pay just a tiny bit more for something better.

The best bang for your bucks!
I've been using this Sony for recording church services for a couple years now. Obviously, this is not a high-tech operation. I convert the tape into digital format for editing on my PC to create CD's. I've been able to make some great tapes so far and I'm recording in a huge "cathedral" type church. For the size and cost, I think it's great. I don't think I'd use it for listening to music as the microphone is rather "noisey". I recommend this for persons who aren't ready to make a major investment in high-tech recording equipment.

Great recorder
This is a terrific tape recorder.

I've always found that bells and whistles like voice activation don't work. This one does. You want it on, you turn it on. You want it off, you turn it off. It's recording quality is very good for this medium. We're not talking digital sound, of course, but no magnetic tape machine will deliver that quality.

I've used probably a dozen recorders over many years, and this is one of the best values out there.