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Panasonic RQ2102 Cassette Recorder Review

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Very good

Revainrating 4.5 out of 5  
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4.3
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Details

BrandPanasonic
Microphone Form FactorBuilt-In
Number of Batteries4 C batteries required.
Item Dimensions LxWxH5 x 3 x 1 inches
Screen Size3 Inches
Item Weight0.4 Pounds
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Description of Panasonic RQ2102 Cassette Recorder

Portable design, built-in carrying handle. 3-inch dynamic speaker for monophonic sound. 1-touch recording. Built-in high-sensitivity condenser microphone. Operates on 4 C batteries (not included).

Reviews

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Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good for recording conversations and playing back content

A beautiful, durable device that can be used both on the desk and on the go. This device will give you years of recording and playback pleasure. The one I received was being used carefully, apparently by a college student, as it also contained a cassette of a lecture on the biology of the human gut. The playback is of high quality, both in terms of spoken word and music. Recording is more suited to lectures than musical performances, but if you're in a pinch you can certainly plug in a line and

Pros
  • Easy to read control panel
Cons
  • Not secure

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great cassette recorder

My sister is 61 years old and her old cassette recorder no longer works. She has dozens of cassettes in shoeboxes that she enjoys listening to and she was very unhappy because everyone told her they weren't making cassette recorders/players anymore. Living alone and being disabled I knew how much these tapes meant to her so I set out to find one for her and as usual ended up with Revain. I gave it to my sister with a pack of Sony cassettes and she was so happy she even cried. She said it was…

Pros
  • Great design
Cons
  • Dear

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Basic natural analog sound reproduction with sufficient volume

In the fall of 2012 I ordered one of these products and a few weeks later I ordered another one as a replacement. This recorder reproduces a fuller, more detailed and more natural sound than Sony's smaller tape recorder. It runs on either battery or AC power, but for some reason battery sounds a little better. Batteries last quite a long time - longer than Sony's. I bought a high quality but inexpensive professional Pyle-Pro PDMIC58 handheld moving coil dynamic microphone (Revain) that works…

Pros
  • Free for educational purposes
Cons
  • Expensive