Cassette Boombox Black

Overall As a unit I have given this a five star and this is based on how I wanted to use it. I had around 400 cassette tapes from my youth in the back of a cupboard that had became redundant. I read some of the reviews and questions and I based my purchase on these. 1. Some of the answered questions are wrong. This does NOT come with phono outputs. It only has a headphone socket. 2. I does not come with instructions as stated on the box (mine didn’t anyway). 3. The Bluetooth function works as a receiver and not an output to a Bluetooth amp. ( I purchased the unit believing this was the case). As a unit on its own to play cassette tapes it’s fairy basic. The sound quality is fair and the bass is ok. The radio works perfectly well and the Bluetooth function connects well to your phone or IPad. This does help improve the sound quality. The stars I gave it are for using the unit on its own. However. The game changer for me was raking through a box of spare cables and I found a headphone to phono cable socket. I connect this in to a spare input on my Sony amp and hey presto it sprang into action. This has now given my cassette tape collection a news lease of life and I look forward to hearing some old classics in the way they are meant to be heard. I’m absolutely delighted how it has all linked up. As I’ve said on its own you pay your money and you get what you pay for and the £30 tag is value for money if using it in a garage kitchen or to take outside. Once connected to the amp then BOOM this becomes an amazing unit.

I am really pleased with this item it’s very well made using good quality components and it is solid. The sound is satisfactory but more bass would be better. It’s just great to be able to play all those old tapes. Perfect for home or a caravan. The radio is great and the added option of Bluetooth and SD card is incredible. I love that it also has a built in microphone so you can record live to a tape. Well worth the money. It would be nice if they made a bigger version with a built in cd play as well as tape and powerful bass speakers.

There is only one thing that I was disappointed with about this product , when my partner opened it on Christmas Day there was no cover for the batteries and on the box it showed a cover for batteries. Other than that it works very well, sound is fantastic and definitely great value for money. Had it come complete then it would of been 5 star rating.

The boombox looks really nice in person but unfortunately it does not perform up to standard. When playing a cassette it sounds slower and lower pitch to the actual songs. The radio option works okay but I didn't like hearing static noise in the background. The Bluetooth also works fine and the sound is decent but for £30 you can get much better quality speakers, so wouldn't recommend if you only want to use it for the Bluetooth feature. I was willing to accept these issues if I was able to record from the cassette to a USB but it seems you can only record audio onto a cassette. So after having it for a few weeks, the cassette's started to sound even worse so I thought it wasn't worth the money and it has been returned. I will look for an alternative cassette player/recorder now and I suggest anyone reading this should too.

The sound isn’t fantastic but it’s a £45 cassette player so what do you expect?! It connects to Bluetooth and allows recording of playlists from your phone so perfect for knocking out mixtapes with plenty of noise (not the good kind) but again it’s £45 to feel like your an 80’s B boy! So it’s a bargain…

Wanted this player mainly to play audio cassettes, for £25 wasn’t expecting too much, but was really surprised with the build quality of this. Beautifully made, much heavier than you’d think, great radio, sound is crystal clear. Cassette deck soft open. Not tried the digital mp3 functions , to really bring the cassettes back to life I plugged in a 3.5 mm jack cable to an audio in on the Hi Fi, or a good external Bluetooth speaker ( Bose ), note this player is a Bluetooth receiver , not a transmitter. Brilliant buy

I purchased two of these. The first had good sound quality and ok-ish playback on cassette tapes. Not great, but ok for the cost. A month or so in though, it started eating tapes. I returned it as defective and ordered a replacement. Right out of the box, the first tape was played at the wrong speed (too fast) and then ate the tape. The radio function had good sound and loud volume in my kitchen, but I didn't get it for the radio or USB function. I bought it to play cassettes and it just doesn't deliver. Save your money—and your tapes!—and go for a different machine.

I had 300+ music cassette tapes up in the loft and the other half asked me to throw them away...... Well I'm glad I never, I bought this boom box instead and put a shelf up in the living room to proudly show off my collection which took years to amass. This little bad boy is now blasting out all my old tunes, for its small size it's very loud! Great radio reception and even got some modernisation with Bluetooth and a memory card slot! Really pleased with this (boom box) aka ghetto blaster, it's a must have if you like the retro touch.