Irock 64MB COMBO VOICE RECORDER/MP3 ( 150VM )

by iRock

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000CEYX6
• Item model number: 150VM
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #332,294 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 2003

Product Description

IROCK-150VM, MP3 PLAYER WITH VOICE RECORDER

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for recording meetings, August 23, 2004

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G. ACarleton (Apple Valley MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Irock 64MB COMBO VOICE RECORDER/MP3 ( 150VM ) (Office Product)

This device has incredible reception capability. Put it in a large room with lots of people, and it picks up from across the room with ease. It stores many hours of interviewing. Is easy to transfer to laptop and listen there. Within the laptop, you can adjust where you want to start listening.

I found the features like bookmarks to be confusing, and can actually make it hard to find recordings. If you want to listen to a recording with the device, no fun as you cannot start in the middle or fast forward (but again, can when transferred to the laptop or PC). Software for this is solid.

I am a consultant who continually interviews and do not want to have to take too detailed of notes. This device is excellent for those who want high quality recordings. It would be easy to put in shirt pocket and record that way too.

For MP3, while it takes them, why bother.

It does have a speaker that works fairly well if 2 or more people wanted to listen to.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Handy little recorder & MP3 player, March 21, 2005

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Rocky Boxer (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Irock 64MB COMBO VOICE RECORDER/MP3 ( 150VM ) (Office Product)

I really love my Irock combo voice recorder and MP3 player. The software is straightforward and easy to use. The features I love the most are: 1) its tiny size - fits in any pocket and you can carry it everywhere - it's about the size of a pack of gum; 2) the voice recorder - the sound quality is pretty good and I use it frequently. On the downside the erase function is a bit awkward to use. But this is a minor flaw in an overall excellent little gadget.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, August 31, 2005

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Graham - See all my reviews

This review is from: Irock 64MB COMBO VOICE RECORDER/MP3 ( 150VM ) (Office Product)

Nice little device with clear recording and heaps of recording time - some other things to be aware of though...

1. The recording level seems to be fairly low - unless you are speaking facing the microphone, you may need to download, convert to MP3 and amplify using a third party tool such as MP3Gain. This would be what I'd consider the main drawback of the device and lowered its rating from 5 to 4 stars.

2. Its very hungry on the battery usage, even with the backlight turned off - a single AAA battery doesn't seem to last more than about 2 hours recording time. Worth getting rechargeables. Forget about playing MP3s with it - you'll drain the batteries quicksmart.

In contrast to earlier reviews - I don't find the controls hard to use at all - I guess its just personal preference. Also I've found that holding down the < and > buttons allows fast forwarding, much like a tape recorder...