Customer Reviews

Marsona TSCI-330 Travel Sound Conditioner

5 star:		(44)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

The Marpac sound conditioners are, without question, the best. I've used various devices to achieve white noise. I can say with considerable experience that the Marpac ones are more durable and worth every penny. This version (the TSCi) has the distinct advantage of having a built-in voltage coverter which permits it to be used outside the US with only a plug adapter (the European adapter is included). Some years ago, my husband "fried" a previous white noise machine by plugging it in without the voltage adapter and I realized that it's a very handy feature. Likewise, the Marpac products last a lot longer than those made by other companies. We've had several from Sharper Image whose connections have broken out in no time. My husband has a mechanical machine which is >20 yrs. old; I've one which is >15 yrs. old. This smaller, electronic version, is perfect for travel (or home). We just returned from a week-long trip to Europe and it worked fabulously. My husband frequently travels to Africa where power outages are common and hotels are very noisy. He's looking forward to using it with the optional battery pack on his next trip.

I bought this for travel in Europe to use in place of my Marpac home unit. It is compact and works well on European current (with a small plug adapter). Drowned out street noises very well.

My husband really needs his white noise to sleep, and right now he uses an air filter fan that suffices. But now, he loves his Marsona. He's very sensitive to "patterns" in his white noise, and with the Marsona he was able to manually create the white noise by adjusting its dials. He travels a lot, and never can find good white noise, now it won't be a problem.

We have the big analog version at home to drown out NYC traffic and whatnot. This travel version is great and portable and travels well internationally.

Excellent sound quality really fools the mind into thinking you are listening to natural effects. Improves the sleep quality even when there is very little background noise. Very good.

This unit goes everywhere to mask out intrusive night noise. It is very effective for all but the loudest noises, or very low frequency noises.

It is of solid construction, made in the USA. I have not opened it up, but it seems to be hand assembled, like radios and TVs of decades past.

I have 2 complaints:

1-The speaker is too small. The sound range seems overly narrow due to this. An output for use by headphones or a larger amplifier would be useful.
2-The controls are in very odd, non-intuitive locations and functionality, making it seem a bit like a school science fair project box.

I wasn't sure if this unit would be loud enough to make any difference due to it's small size, but it puts out a good amount of noise. It doesn't "loop" either, like the cheaper imitations. I highly recommend this.

Great! covers the sound of cars, pipes, toilet flushing. Light and easy to carry around. The international model allows you not to take any transformer.

Great product, just a couple of issues:

1) the on/off slider is a bit flimsy
2) I wish the deeper waves sound went louder. The 'rain' noise goes extremely loud, but it's not a very pleasant noise.

Love this even better than I thought I would. It's much smaller than previous models. It has a lot of versatility packed in one little unit. Very user friendly and keeps me asleep each night. Also love that I can travel out of the country with this little guy, too.