Are Tape to MP3 devices reliable?

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Hi,
Has anyone used the Tape to MP3 portable devices available on ebay. Are they reliable.
They are basically portable cassette player with 3.5mm audio out & USB out. You can play old cassettes and convert it to mp3 using PC/laptop and suitable software.
Thx.

Don't know about that but many years ago I used 3.5mm auxiliary audio cable to connect my sony walkman cassette player to pc audio in port & used nero 6 to convert songs to aac format.

I have rest of the setup in place. I have 3.5mm aux cable, line-in port on PC and fortunately now Nero Wave Editor windows app is free. What is missing is a device that can actually play old cassettes! I am always cautious when it comes to products on ebay.