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Olympus J-500
4.4 out of 10

Olympus J-500

OLYMPUS Compact Microcassette Recorder 3 LED battery-check. Vari Read more

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Reviews and Problems with Olympus J-500

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Overall 2
2.0

Don't buy this piece of junk

Annette Bloom-Dickison, Amazon
2 May 2013
  • Summary: Immediately started having problems with recorder. It has eaten tapes, door either won't open or pops off completely.
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Overall 10
10

So far, so good

Raindance, Amazon
30 April 2013
  • Summary: Mechanism is smooth and works very well. Had one glitch but that seemed to pass over. Better than Sony or Panasonics still available.
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Overall 2
2.0

Defective! But I am beyond the return date.

glorida, Amazon
5 April 2013
  • Summary: I bought two recorders in December 2012. I used one until it dropped on the floor and the battery door broke (my fault).
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Overall 10
10

Like the pearl order of old

Raindance, Amazon
8 February 2013
  • Summary: This hand held dictaphone used to be my favorite for its ultra smooth operation and ease of button use. The current version. Is fabulous, too.
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Overall 10
10

GREAT recorder...

Tadeh, Amazon
12 January 2013
  • Summary: I don't know what some of you are talking about, but this is an AMAZING recorder for it's price. This is the read deal.
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Overall 4
4.0

Substandard

Susan Bromley, Amazon
1 August 2012
  • Summary: I had already returned a defective microcassette recorder. This one also had noise and the rewind wouldn't work so I flipped the tape and used fast forward and then that...
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Overall 10
10

Excellent Microcassette recorder

Jeff, Amazon
30 July 2012
  • Summary: Recorder has functioned very well under heavy daily use. I like the battery level indicator. Great feature. No more running into problems as battery runs down.
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Overall 10
10

20 year old Pearlcorder S922

Ladygirl, Amazon
24 June 2012
  • Summary: I've used my Pearlcorder S922 twenty(?) some years for recording speeches and loaning to students and practicing my own readings. It just quit.
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Overall 10
10

Works great

DocinVT, Amazon
23 June 2012
  • Summary: It's hard to find a good microcassette recorder, as everything has gone digital. This one works great. Easy to use, and nice clear recordings for transcription.
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Overall 2
2.0

Barely audible playback and poor quality

alexander, Amazon
10 April 2012
  • Summary: This is definitely not a practical device.Regardless of what you read from other reviewers about quality and clarity, trust me, I've been using hand held devices for
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