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Belkin TuneTalk Stereo Microphones

NOT dependable!

Written by MF from Southfield

Sep 12, 2009

I am a linguist doing fieldwork in Central America. You can't even imagine the frustration and fury I feel when after conducting 6-7 interviews a day with the few remaining speakers of a language, only to come home and realize that only four of them have recorded!! Half of the interviews come out as a slight buzzing sound with no sound whatsoever. After a half-hour interview with an elderly person, how can I go back and say, "do-over"? I've tried to play with it to find out what I'm doing wrong why it's not recording well -- if I'm pressing a button I shouldn't or anything, but I'm consistent in my usage. I am extremely disappointed and will never recommend this item to anyone. I wish I could give negative stars.

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Belkin TuneTalk Stereo Microphones

Great for Interviews

Written by LF from Superior

Sep 11, 2009

I wasn't sure what I was getting when I decided to buy this product, but it has served me so well! I use the recorder almost exclusively for newspaper interviews. It is extremely portable/convenient, and has surprisingly high quality recordings. Plus, the voice memos easily transfer to iTunes for use in other programs such as Garage Band. It's so much cheaper than other digital tape recorders as well. I highly recommend it!

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Belkin TuneTalk Stereo Microphones

Half The Time Device Doesn't Record

Written by CB from RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA

Aug 7, 2009

We have had this item for about a year and around 40%-50% of the time it doesn't record you just hear static. Very disappointed... but when it does record it sounds great.

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Belkin TuneTalk Stereo Microphones

Not yet for Classic

Written by NS from Lower Hutt

Mar 18, 2009

Classic firmware not up to it. I've used tunetalk stereos for a year or more. The disk noise is bad, but I now use separate mics plugged into the tunetalks, not the internal mics.
But recently upgraded IPOD 5Gs to classics & endless troubles recording. Most "high" quality wav files end up 44.1Ks/s MONO. This can't be the tunetalks' faults: They've run ok for ages. The Belkin site says "only works with latest IPOD software", but latest software not up to it. Occassionally I get 44.1 & Stereo, but mostly the wav file is 44.1 MONO, a mode it has no setting for. Apple store says "compatible with classic". Belkin says works with latest software. But firmware not up to it for classics.

23 of 33 people found this useful

Belkin TuneTalk Stereo Microphones

USELESS !

Written by DF from new york

Feb 13, 2009

I bought this at Adorama, and I should have listen to the salesman who told me to buy a real recorder instead. In fact it worked a couple of time in the first weeks, then suddenly trash out (just white noise) 2 very important interviews of 30 min each. great isn't it ? I was able to use it for a couple more ITV cutting every 5 or 8 minutes thinking I might not waste so much of the ITV if one of the short file was corrupted as usual... it eventually worked sometimes and then it's again recording white noise ! This product doesn't even worth one star. I'll bring it back or crash it !

24 of 35 people found this useful

Belkin TuneTalk Stereo Microphones

Good Quality but doesn't last

Written by LB

Jan 3, 2009

I bought this to record my voice lessons and occasional lectures. At first, the sound quality was great and the recorder really did what it was supposed to do - record everything without scratches or static when I sang high frequencies. It picks up EVERYTHING. However, once in a while the device would say it was recording and when I would go and play the song on my ipod or on the computer nothing would be recorded. Also, the chip at the bottom fell out within a few months and I am not rough with my electronics at all. Eventually, it has pretty much stopped recording. It really is a shame because it is a very good product, but within less than a year it has pretty much become useless. I don't know if I'll buy another one, but I'm hard pressed to find any other voice recorder that had as good quality, despite the drawbacks.

Bottom line: Great quality, but there are definite drawbacks and be prepared to lose some of your recordings and get frustrated.

72 of 76 people found this useful

Belkin TuneTalk Stereo Microphones

okay mic

Written by AH from Little Rock

Jan 1, 2009

i bought this mic intending to use it for my rock bands' practices and to record gigs and stuff, but the outcome was "staticy" and poor. the sound quality was fuzzy and scratchy and was overpowered by the amps and pa system. in other words it's sensitivity level is very high creating the bad unwanted fuzzy "wind-blowing" effect.

17 of 19 people found this useful

Belkin TuneTalk Stereo Microphones

great sound, frustrating skips and clicks!

Written by ED from Morristown

Nov 29, 2008

I bought this product so I could record my college voice lessons (it was a requirement for the class). After each lesson, I would go back to my room and move the recording from my ipod to my laptop and listen from itunes. At first I thought it was perfect- the sound was incredibly clear. Then in later weeks I started to notice several skips in each lesson recording (keep in mind each lesson only lasted half an hour!). More often than not, the TuneTalk would skip over the parts of my pieces I really needed to work on and wanted to record so I could study my technique. I can even remember one instance where my instructor said "What I'm about to tell you is extremely important..." and then it cut out. This was incredibly frustrating for me! I also agree with everyone else who said that the amazing recording quality is a double-edged sword because it records the hums and clicks that the ipod makes occasionally (took me a while to figure out what it was). In conclusion- fantastic recording quality, but you will probably have to suffer through lots of skipping and clicks from the ipod.

57 of 60 people found this useful