AIWA BBTC-550 Portable Cassette Radio, Bluetooth, CD, USB

Great little player of almost any media maybe a tad overpriced ... also nice sound ... not HIFI quality but decent enough for a small portable .. Definitely recommend

I got this as I needed something with CD, stereo tape record and aux input. My son and I want to do olde 1980s tapes from vinyl and CD... it actually works for that, but I have some serious issues with it: First thing I noticed is the European two-pronged power plug on it. If you've no other "figure of 8" cable you're stuffed, unless you have a pack of batteries or can correctly and safely fit a UK plug. If not get a qualified person to refit it for you as it's not worth the risk. Should have come with a UK plug attached, I thought that was UK law these days? On inspection before I used it I saw that the little switch tab inside the tape deck was broken. I took a picture as best I could, and you can clearly see it's all skew. It's actually hanging loose. It's that little button that prevents a pre-recorded cassette tape from being recorded over, it stops you pressing the Record button? It doesn't work as the little switch inside is bust. You can freely press the Record button at any time, thus risking erasing your cherished tape collection. Not happy, and I've not even powered it up yet. So I thought I'd test it anyway... It's a cheap and cheerful thing but works ok. The sound is as you'd expect from something of this size. You can open the CD lid at any time, playing or not it doesn't lock down. If you open during play it stops playing but the disk is still spinning, gradually slowing to eventually stop. Not liking that, for the sake of damaging the disk or cutting unsuspecting fingers on the edges of a spinning CD. So tried test recording onto a blank tape: From the built in CD it records easy enough, and the recorded sound quality is ok I suppose, not the best. It's really quite hissy and muffled, so perhaps choice of tape might be a factor? I'm using Maxell things that were bought new a few weeks back. Still not great sound from it though. It did improve a small amount with some Fuji tapes we have, so that'll need some testing to find tapes that give the best, but still pretty awful. From Aux input from a record deck it actually sounds better than recording from CD! Figure that out. So for us that's so far the only winning factor, we can record from vinyl and it sounds quite good-ish. Record from Aux from another tape player: It sounded pretty good through the speakers as we played the external tape into the Aux, but the recording of it was awful again, worse than recording from the CD. Tried all sorts of levels and sound settings on the external tape player so that might be experimentation ongoing; trying to get a decent tape to tape recording. So overall? Surprised that Aiwa have released something of such sub-standard quality, in so many ways. It arrived broken, which I've no doubt was most likely broken before it left the factory as there's no way can that little button get broken off in transit, it's sold in the UK with a Euro plug on it, and the recording sound quality overall is appalling. My son reckons to fight on with it, and be careful not to press the Record button when you don't want to, and experiment with recordings to see what works best and maybe try a few different brands of blank tapes. In the meantime though I just can't find myself giving it any recommendation. For the price of over eighty quid, and the brand Aiwa, I was expecting something that at least worked sort of. I sadly feel like I've been duped.

If you're just looking for a good portable Bluetooth c.d. player with Aux and U.S.B. connections go ahead. But if you're looking to play tapes old and new don't bother. After four cassette albums play -first, there was no sound at all and after pressing stop and resuming playback it played the cassette on triple speed, making Black Sabbath sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks playing metal. Overall a good sounding c.d. player, particularly when connected to auxiliary speakers but utterly useless for tapes!

Bought this device mainly for cassette recording and playback which was very disappointing. The cassette speed played faster than it should and the recording quality was DC bias and made a lot of hiss. The other functions worked well but I did not try the CD player and the sound quality was average. Have returned this item as I don’t think it is value for the money.

works as intended would recommend

For such a tiny thing, it really booms. I'm a headbanger and this thing copes with it well.

I like the fact it’s got Bluetooth , a clock and plays all my old cds and tapes foot print is small enough for my garage shelf. Only thing of note is it has a 2 pin mains plug so needs a shaver adapter in U.K. if not using batteries.

Sound is tinny. I probably would have had to spend a lot more to obtain the sound quality I was expecting.

Bonne radio, fonctionne à merveille avec CD et Bluetooth et USB, emballage parfait +++ Merci

Wir hatten schon in den 1980er Jahren einen Mono-Radiorecorder der Marke Aiwa. Von Anfang an waren wir begeistert von dem Aussehen, der Verarbeitung und der absoluten Tonqualität dieses Gerätes. Bis heute sind wir von der Tonqualität und dem Namen Aiwa fasziniert ! Nun sahen wir dieses neue Gerät von Aiwa bei Amazon im Angebot. Sofort kauften wir es und wurden nicht enttäuscht !!! Der Klang ist hervorragend, ... er ist fest eingestellt, man kann ihn nicht verändern ... aber das braucht man auch nicht : Sehr gute Bässe, Höhen hervorragend, mittlere Tonlagen ausgewogen (Sprache sehr deutlich). Verarbeitung des Gerätes sehr gut, Aussehen gefällig ! Die Bedienung ist etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig, da wenige "Knöpfe" für viele Funktionen gelten. ... aber man gewöhnt sich. Das Gerät besitzt einen UKW-Radioteil (mit Speicher), Casstttenteil (übliche Funktionen, auch Aufnahme), CD-Wiedergabe (auch MP3/WMA) hervorragend, USB Wiedergabe (MP3/WMA) max.32 GB, FAT32), Bluetooth Wiedergabe (einfache Installation) sehr gute Wiedergabe. Aux- und Kopfhöreranschluss. Anschluss 220V oder Batterien (6 Babyzellen). CD und USB verfügen über Titel-, Folder-(Ordner) und Gesamtwiederholung. ... ausserdem Zufallswiedergabe. Einziger Kritikpunkt: Was hat man sich bloss bei dieser Bedienungsanleitung gedacht ? Es macht sehr grossen Spass dieses Gerät zu hören, - aus meiner Sicht - Kaufempfehlung !

The CD player on the device didn't work, it kept skipping. The cassette player stopped working after 4 tapes. I returned the device which I had to pay the shipping for I might add. It was delivered according to the tracking. Nothing. No refund. It's going to be a costly 61 euro for Amazon. I've been a customer for over 11 years across the various Amazon websites. They've been going downhill for the last few years. This is the last time I use them.

Muy satisfecho con el producto, tiene todo lo necesario para reproducir música en todos los formatos comunes (radio, CD normal, CD Mp3, cassette, USB, Bluetooth y AUX). El tamaño es muy manejable y adecuado para llevarlo de un sitio a otro dentro de casa y para excursiones si vas en coche, aunque para llevarlo a pie en mochila es un poco grande y pesado. El diseño es bonito, compacto y muy práctico, sin excesivos botones, lo cual hace sencillo su manejo. La radio y los reproductores de CD y cassette se oyen bastante bien con auriculares, no tiene ecualizador ni potenciadores de bajos/agudos manuales, pero no se echan demasiado de menos porque el sonido está bien equilibrado. La potencia de los altavoces externos (6W rms) es suficiente para un uso normal doméstico y la calidad de audio es bastante decente para este tipo de aparato. La reproducción Bluetooth funciona bien pero no con todos los dispositivos (en mi caso funciona con el móvil y la tablet, pero no con el ordenador pórtatil). En cuanto a la reproducción USB, los sistemas de archivos compatibles son FAT32 y exFAT (no funciona en NTFS, pero eso no es problema porque puedes cambiar el sistema de archivos del pendrive con cualquier ordenador). También tiene entrada AUX para conectarle cualquier otro dispositivo de audio con un cable (no incluido). Sólo le veo dos pequeños fallos al aparato: la configuración del reloj se pierde cada vez que se desenchufa de la red o se quitan las pilas (6 pilas tipo C no incluidas) y la forma de navegación por carpetas de MP3 es muy básica (solo tienes las opciones de play/pause/stop, avance/retroceso canción a canción y avance de 10 en 10 canciones, con lo cual no puedes cambiar de carpeta ni elegirla de otra manera). Pero pequeños detalles aparte, es un producto muy recomendable dentro de una gama media/baja y muy adecuado para un uso doméstico poco exigente (si eres un sibarita del sonido o quieres un equipo potente para grandes espacios deberías buscar otro tipo de aparatos de gama más alta).

Funkar okej men den saknar bas, har en annan Panasonic Booombox som låter mycket bättre men den är för stor att bära med sig.