Olympus Pearlcorder J300 (3 Hours) Handheld Cassette Voice Recorder Reviews

Olympus Pearlcorder J300 (3 Hours) Handheld Cassette Voice Recorder

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  • Fairly Suitable as an Analog Recorder

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 5, 2004
    Pros: VCVA Activated recording, FFW, REV, free tape, different recording settings, built-in mic
    Cons: Analog, not digital.

    Summary: I don't understand the three one-star reviews on this product. I remember purchasing this recorder in probably Sep, Oct, or Nov, 2001 and have been pretty happy with it. I've played around with it a few times here and there, and overall it's not too bad. ... read more

  • OK at first but then,not as good as we had hoped

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 27, 2005
    Pros: Compact, easy for kids to use, fair recording quality.
    Cons: Battery compartment and cassette door malfunctioned in less than a year.

    Summary: We bought this little recorder for our son who's 9 to use in school as he has problems with hand writing. He used it daily to record book reports or other written assignments, then I scribe them out for him. His teacher had control of it so it didn't ... read more

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  • After 15 hours of use, the recording feature doesn't work

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    Sep 16, 2006
    Pros: Small, good microphone
    Cons: Recording feature doesn't work after 15 hours of total use.

    Summary: I bought this a couple years ago, but have rarely used it except to record/play occasional speech practice sessions. I liked it at first. Now it won't record because the tape stops after 3 seconds. It has been sitting on my desk--never dropped, never

  • Great little recorder.

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    Dec 6, 2004
    Pros: Good sound pickup, Good features, Light and compact.
    Cons: None yet.

    Summary: I haven't owned any other such units, but even so, I still feel comfortable to say that this is a pretty good recorder. I used it to tape some conversations, among other things. Using simply a cheap cell-phone earbud/in-line-mic set, even with the

  • Definitely not for heavy usage

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    May 27, 2004
    Pros: Compact
    Cons: Not very durable

    Summary: Got the "silver" Olympus Pearlcoder S711 at Target. After using it for two days worth of dictation. It started falling apart with a thudding noise affecting the

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