31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding product!! Highly recommended!, January 3, 2009
This review is from: Ecotones Adaptive Sound Therapy Machine (with Minor Cosmetic Flaws)
I was a bit skeptical of the "adaptive" claims when I originally bought this unit. However, I have completely changed my mind since actually hearing the device. The response is really impressive! I don't hear traffic noise out my window anymore. This device really does a very good job of making REALISTIC adaptations. When a police car runs by with the sirens blaring, it responds quickly to cover it up. However, most changes appear much more gradual and natural. It's very easy to get lost in the sound. Almost everyone who sees it wants to tap on the table next to it to make it respond. I always get at least one "That's cool!" when they do. I had a couple of questions about the unit when I first got it, so I emailed customer support at ASTI. I received a very detailed response to my question in only a few hours. They were great to deal with. How refreshing!
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Product, December 9, 2008
This review is from: Ecotones Adaptive Sound Therapy Machine (with Minor Cosmetic Flaws)
What a great product. I have been having trouble sleeping for years because of outside noise. I had purchased other sound machines, but their sound quality was so poor that the sound that they produced began to annoy me. Ecotones has a very pure high quality sound. Their adaptive feature is very cool and literally makes the outside noise disappear. I am not sure how they do this but there is a lot of technology inside this product. It is a little expensive, but well worth the investment.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
It's great but not perfect..., July 14, 2009
This review is from: Ecotones Adaptive Sound Therapy Machine (with Minor Cosmetic Flaws)
I've tried a few of these white noise generators and this, so far, is among the best. I'll try and point out it's pluses and minuses as best I can:
Plus:
Has a nice speaker...sounds great!
Window that shows pic's of sounds is high rez. and nice.
Many sounds (sound story's) to choose from.
Adaptive function is awesome...volume increases with noise sensed.
Timer function works and is cool. Can turn off pic thus killing light.
Volume change...does what you'd expect, nice.
Minus:
Buttons are on flat panel/plastic. Can't push them by feel.
There IS repetition in sounds.
Odd noises...bad sounds.
Explanation:
The sounds are great but despite what the packaging may say, there is repetition as there seems to be in all devices of this type. The rain sound which I love has a two drip repeating sound that, if I focus, drives me nuts.
The buttons are terrible. You cannot press them just by feel, you need light.
Some of the sounds have bad choices...Train; I thought this sound would be great but there is a bell that rings, DOH! don't try to sleep to that! Second sea/wave sound; I thought this would be water sound only but there is a random bird sound (sounds like they missed it in the edit) that interrupts the ocean noise. Rain; has the afore mentioned repeating drip noise.
Other than those caveats, I'd recommend this system.
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