![]() ![]() Install the appropriate recording application on your computer, start it up, and then plug the player in via the included USB cable. The unit comes with a hybrid CD with software for both the Mac and the PC. Setting up the unit is fairly straight forward. For people with larger heads (like me) they just don’t work well, but luckily we are not buying the unit on the basis of the headphones. That being said, the included headphones are pretty cheap, and are the very uncomfortable around the back of the head type. The general feel and appearance of the unit seems to scream “fragile”, but in testing I found it to be a little more durable than I had expected. These cosmetic issues aside, the unit looks like your typical 1980’s vintage compact cassette player with the exception of the mini-USB port on the side. The casing is a very thin molded plastic with some chrome highlights and buttons, and a poorly placed eject button/slider that lets the front of the player pop open to accept a tape. ![]() With unit in hand and tapes at the ready it was time to find out if the unit actually would live up to its billingĪt first glance, the Tape Express looks like something that might have cost ten or fifteen dollars at your local discount store. With the ION Tape Express, you are supposed to be able to convert your old tunes into pristine digital MP3’s with a minimum amount of hassle. ![]() Of course, I could always spend four bucks and buy a cable to plug an old stereo into my computer’s sound card, but that would be so… Analogue. I had all the big names: Abba, Jewel, The New Kids On The Block… Oh, to let those old tracks live again as MP3’s. Once upon a time in a childhood far, far away I owned a vast collection of cassette tapes. June 2010 Ian Chiu Cassette Player Design ![]()
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