Why I buy this one ?
- Quickly transfer music on your tapes to MP3 format on your computer
- Dual dubbing cassette deck
- Plug & Play USB audio interface - no drivers needed!
- Metal and CrO2 tape selector
- PC and Mac compatible

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What our customer's say!

"Works Great but...", This product works great I just wish it had a way to auto stop after your tape had finished. It took many tries to remember to stop the unattended recording when the tape finished.

"Not so much...", I could not get this product to work with my Mac.
Fortunately, I was able to figure out a way to get my cassettes transfered to the digital realm.
I just use this product as a cassette player.

"Exceeded my wildest hopes and expectations", For years I have sought for a product with these capabilities -- somewhat like the mythical search for the "Holy Grail." I have bought several electronic items that purported this capabilitity -- none worked. I listened to a tape that I definitely needed archived to mp3 format the other day and decided to make an internet search for audio tape to mp3 capabilities. I ordered this one with the expedited shipping. I ordered it Friday night and it was delivered early Monday morning. It installed easily on both my MAC and IBM systems. It exceeded my wildest expectations. I can't remember when I have been happier with a purchase. Hurry, hurry, hurry -- they will raise when they discover how good this item really works! Can't say enough about it -- I have literally thousands of old lecture and radio tapes that need archiving -- this machine will receiving a workout.

"Easy to Use", The setup is very easy. There are 2 software that come with the product. Audocity which is a freeware and is used to manipulate the sound and the effects. the second one is an easy to use software that allows you to save the track to your Itune. This makes it easy to use and import to your Itune and Ipod. the deck itself is just like any other tape deck, nothing special about it. The gain control is in the back which makes it a little harder to reach, but the rest of the operation is easy. I know you can do this opeartion with any deck and an inexpensive cable from your Radioshack, but the fact that it's all there in the box and you can set it up in less than 5 minutes is worth the extra money. I would recommend it.

"Easy to connect tape deck", ION Tape2PC USB Cassette DeckI like the tape deck controls and ease of use. Software leaves much to be desired. I have not used the tape to tape. The USB connection works great.

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"Not so easy to use", We needed to call the help line a few times to use this item. The instructions that came with it were pretty useless. Once we were told how to set it up, it did what it was supposed to - i.e., allow you to download a cassette tape to my Itunes and then to my IPod touch.

"Cassette to Digital", For those of us who grew up in the analog era, the digital one requires some modifications. This unit helps move us in that direction. Inconvenient to have to make the switch, but good tools help.

"Ok, if you don't mind MONO", I was able how to figure out how to record but two things that bothered me was that you have to precisely start and stop your cassette recordings at the beginning and end of the song for a clean recording. Also, it's very tedious to name every track you've recorded. Last but not least, they don't mention it turns your stereo recording into a MONO file which is fine if you don't mind your songs sounding like they were made in the 60's. If I had it to do over again, I would wait until they come up with one that has stereo imput and OUTPUT.

"Couldn't make it work", The first problem was the item was bigger than I expected. I live in a small space so it didn't work well for me. The bigger problem was it didn't work at all with my Mac computer. The enclosed brochure was no help, neither was on-line support. The technical support, offering an e-mail response within 48 hours, came several days after I had already returned the item.

"An effective and fairly simple way to transfer your cassettes to your digital music collection", It's been a joy to hear tapes I hadn't played in several years. The ION Tape2PC USB Cassette Deck ably served its purpose for me. I used the EZ Audio Converter software, which came with it, and it is quite simple and I've been pleased with the results. You can also dub cassette-to-cassette, although I'm in the process of getting RID of tape and have no need to create more. I also plugged it into one of the auxiliary imputs of my elaborate stereo and it worked just fine that way too. I ended up with favorite old tapes easily transferred to my iTunes and iPod and CD.

My primary objection is that it has an old fashioned feel to it, quite lightweight, with the sort of push down keys I've not pressed in DECADES (they remind me of a cassette deck I bought in the 1970s!). And I find the "gain" dial on the back, which controls the output volume, a nuisance and I wish ION had put that control on the front of the player. But one manages to adjust to it and all the cost cutting has resulted in a very inexpensive player that more than serves its stated purpose. And I'm delighted with old tapes now safely on my iPod and I can play them whenever I want. The bottom line is that I would buy it again.ION Tape2PC USB Cassette Deck