Customer Reviews

Sony TCM-400DV Pressman Standard Cassette Recorder

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I bought this model to replace a Sony TCM-500, which I liked very much. This new model, however, is not made as well and doesn't have the same quality as the 500. It also does not reverse itself, which is a very important part of recording with it since I usually need 1.5 to 2 hours of recording time, sometimes more. I have tried several brands of tapes and Bias I and Bias II, but the reproduction is not as good as the 500. The price, however, was very good and despite my complaints it is well worth the money.

Hard to find in stores but was available online. In fact, some stores said it was no longer available. Had one similar, also made by Sony, that lasted 20 years and have no reason to believe that this one won't do the same. Reasonably priced.

I love the voice activation feature of this recorder- it works like a charm. There is rather high background hum- I haven't tried playing back with noise reduction but that might do the trick. I could only get it to work on 1.5V batteries and not my 1.2V NiMH rechargeables, even though fully charged- a disadvantage though 1.5V rechargeable alkaline batteries are apparently available. This little recorder otherwise filled the bill very nicely.