Reshow Cassette Tape Player Portable, Cassette Player Recorder with Built-in Speaker, USB-C Power, for Music Playback, Recording, Students, Travel, Nostalgic Music Lovers (White)

Well made and all the basic functions are there. Sound comes out steady and good. Speaker could be better though, play louder.

I was working on a video for our church and needed a way to pull some audio off of an old audio cassette. After looking through my options, I settled on the Reshow Portable Walkman Cassette player. After spending some quality time with it, I definitely think I made the right decision. This is a high quality cassette player that feels like it just fell out of 1990, albeit with some modern improvements. To get started, all you need to do is pop a couple of AA batteries in the back and a cassette in the front and you're ready to go. You can hit play and you'll immediately hear sound coming out of the onboard speaker. While the sound out of that speaker isn't going to blow you away, it's loud enough and serviceable. And let's be honest, nobody listens to a Walkman that way anyway. That's what the convenient headphone jack is for. The sound is great for the headphones - or at least, as great as a cassette can offer. And the play, stop, record, etc. buttons all feel nice and solid. To put it simply, it's a great little Walkman. But that's probably not the main reason you're looking at it. You're wondering how well it records audio from cassette to computer. And I can say that it works perfectly. It's got a USB-C output that makes it super easy to hook up to a computer. And it took no work at all for my computer to read it and for me to begin recording onto Adobe Audition. All in all, it was a simple solution. I'd call it the perfect modern tool for audio cassettes, whether you're hoping to record some to a computer or just listen to some old tapes while you go on a jog or do work around the house.

Like most people, I've switched to streaming services for most of my music listening. I still have a CD player and have kept some of my favorite CDs. I also have a turntable for that analog experience. But, my expensive (at the time) Nakamichi cassette deck stopped working years ago. I ran across a cassette tape a couple months ago that I've been wanting to listen to. But, didn't have a working cassette player. So, I went on to Amazon and found a few cassette players. There was one that was even less expensive than this but it didn't have a built-in speaker. So, I spent an extra $10 and got this little guy. It worked to play my tape of interest and a few others I ran across. The sound quality isn't great, but it's not terrible either. If you plug in some headphones, it's not too bad. There's some wow and flutter, but again, not a deal-breaker. It even has a cable to dub your tapes onto a computer using Audacity. So, is it a spectacular cassette player? No. Is it worth the money? Absolutely! In terms of cost/benefit, it's a great deal.

I bought this in Jan 2025 for a project to digitize recordings of my deceased parents. One year later, I finally sat down to do this project and, being a teen of the 70s with cassette tape experience, I thought it prudent to put a non-valuable tape in for a test run. Thankfully I did. It immediately ate the tape. By pressing and holding the play button down, I was able to remove the crinkled tape. I manually wound the ruined part of the tape past the play area, reinserted it, pressed FF and Rewind a couple of times (briefly), then tried again, very briefly. The player once again ate the tape. Obviously, I wish I would have made sure it worked properly when I received it as now it is well past the return period; however, I caution others who may be working with priceless/unreplaceable tapes to put a test tape in first.

Wonderful unit. Easy to use. The only negative is the lack of volume with regards to the speakers.

Works well. Good sound for tiny object. Nice to hear some old tapes, some the only copy of a number of works.

Just what I needed

I am in the process of transferring old cassette tapes to digital. This little cassette converter does the job well. This device is definitely worth the money, especially if your tapes are in good condition. I am working with cassettes that are over 40 years old so I am having to use more than one 3rd party program. Its obviously not high end so the sound quality is not amazing but it does what I expected it to do. I am using Audacity with Davinci resolve (Fairlight) to optimize and add clarity so I could share the audio with family on youtube. 5 stars, its an easy plug and play, no hassle device.