While searching for a good deal on a microcassete recorder, I came across this model. I was very impressed with the sensitivity of the built-in microphone and the sound reproduction quality even at the slowest speed. The location of the controls I found to be quite comfortable with the exception of the fast forward / reverse cue, which seems to take a little too much effort, but the resulting quality of the recordings exceed this slight issue. This one will be hard to beat for the money. Precision engineered on an incredibly small scale.