Customer Reviews

Panasonic RN3053 MicroCassette Recorder Bundle

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I'm a college newspaper reporter and found this to be a great value. It was pretty cheap compared to other recording devices, like digital recorders. It also came with 3 tapes, which was enough to get me started & batteries! I've tested it out with recording my voice and the distance I can have it away from my mouth to pick up sounds and still having what I've said come out pretty clear. I'm impressed, it was easy to hear what I was saying with the recorder at arm's length.

If you can afford it, go with a digital recorder, but if you can't or aren't going to use a recorder that much, this one will definitely fit your needs.

I ordered this & received it within 24 hours, WITHOUT asking for expedited shipping! I didn't even realize it had Voice Activated recording until I read the manual. The other reviewer was right - it comes with 3 cassettes & a pair of batteries - awesome! Sound quality is fine, and the mic picks up everything - it even picked up the sounds of me moving up a flight of stairs while it was tucked into a back pocket. I highly recommend both the item and whoever shipped the thing.

I bought this recorder for college. At first it worked pretty good, sound quality isn't great, playback is a little fuzzy and distorted, but overall it was good considering the price. Now after a couple of months it only works when it wants to. It will be fine one day, and then the next it won't play the tape back, or it won't record at all. I thought it was the tape, but it does this with all the tapes. I replaced the batteries so it's not that either. I have lost hours of lectures because of this thing. I am buying a digital recorder to replace this one. Hopefully that will be more reliable and maybe even last me the entire semester!!

This model RN-305 is a complete disappointment. I purchased it to replace a model RN-108 which unfortunately was dropped and broken. The replacement doesn't even come close to the original. I have tried all settings...speed, voice activated, etc to no avail. The replay of recorded voice is not natural and there is always a continuous whiring or hissing in the background. The similar microcassete it relaced had no such annoyance. Recordings from the old recorder sound ok on the new recorder so obviously the recording properties of this new recorder lacks any quality. Can't even return it due to a 3rd party that hides behind Amazon.com in the wood-work.

I wanted a recorder to 'catch' my thoughts as I went for a daily walk or drove in the car. I thought I wanted a recorder that uploaded my 'session' onto my PC and also one that was rechargeable. In looking around at the technology, I decided to try this older paradigm. It works fine! It does what I wanted to do - capture thoughts that come to me when I am away from my computer. I like the simplicity of the design and it is working just fine.

I agree with another reviewer. This machine is nothing like the older Panasonic micro's, which produced CLEAR recordings. This one buries your voice behind motor noise and hiss. Am exchanging it for a SONY.

This micro recorder its one of the best, the quality of the sound its perfect, this is a great product and I recommended if your planing to buy a professional recorder for work or home use.

Don't feel like writing much of a review. It was an overall very good recorder, never had a problem with it. Pretty durable, recorded everything it was supposed to. Recommended A++++++++++

This is a nice compact recorder. It will get the job done.Great for the price.