Review on Sony TCM-200DV Voice Recorder - Standard Cassette Model (Discontinued by Manufacturer) by David Hodgson

These are the best tape listening devices because there are basically two gears, fast and slow, and then an analog dial that runs on each gear, so there's quite a bit of variety . If I want to listen slowly and understand every word I can do that (sounds like the Great Sloth talking but I'm used to it) or if I want to emphasize it I turn the volume up to 11! I've bought a few of these when they were cheap but one after the other over the years by falling out or not changing there speed or buzzing or rewind not working. I saved most of them with markers so I can still use them for rewinding or as a last resort. Now that they are very expensive I hope to stop throwing them away because they are quite fragile. But I'll probably keep dropping and probably keep buying until they're off the face of the earth.