I am very disappointed. I chose this item as I do all items from Amazon very carefully after comparing all similar products as to price, description, and especially user feedback like this. I spent about 40 minutes going through all the sound machines on Amazon. (I'm so careful because when I first started to shop online, I made a lot of stupid impulse buys.) I filtered them eventually down to ones with only 4-5 feedback stars. This machine had 5.But I guess I was tired by the time I got to this product, because I didn't examine the feedback carefully enough there was only ONE review. That's why I feel compelled to write this review.
And my review is this: the item sucks compared to available technology nowadays. Think about it, any one of us can simply download HIGH QUALITY MP3 sounds of whatever we desire, whatever we can contemplate and enter into google. Giraffe sounds, eel sounds, sound of falling apple, anything!
But I don't have the time to compose my own nature sounds; plus, I figured that a machine preprogrammed with such sounds would be better than what I could do, because in making the product there was probably a team of people, including "sound experts," who spent large amounts of time thinking of a nature sound product from every angle, doing research, etc. But no. This product must have been an afterthought, a quick attempt by Timex to break into this sub/specialty-market.
The sounds are of very low quality. Many sound the same to me. And at high volumes, they all sound like the same annoying staticy sound from a cheap speaker. I also bought the optional (not included) expansion sound cards. What a waste of money! The sounds of the sound cards sound exactly the same as the ones that come preprogrammed with this machine. "Ocean surf" sounds like "Tropical Rain" and "Waterfall" to me. And the difference between "Tropical Rain" and just "Rain" is laughable. Oh, and "Surf with Birds" is simply "Stream" with a single repeated bird chirp in the background.
This machine is pathetic. I think this is one of those products that you must pay the extra dollar for to get high-quality. This isn't rock music, it is (supposed to be) soothing, gentle, natural sounds. For nature sounds to sound "natural," they must be played on a high quality speaker from well-recorded, high-quality sound clips (which were recorded using the highest quality microphones by nature professionals).
The "White Noise," which is the basis of all the other sounds, is the only way I can comfortably utilize this product. Don't buy it.
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