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 Too LOUD Sep 17, 2008
No volume control, so the loud annoying click sound makes me crazy. Threw it in the garbage and bought something else.
 Annoyingly loud. Dec 25, 2007
I just couldn't stand this metronomes click, I had to put it face down on the carpet to make it at the very least slightly bearable. The headphone jack was a stupid idea of course because you can't adjust the volume.
It makes you think you can dial a number and play, but you have press those slightly responsive arrows, which is a pain considering it resets everytime you start it again. The LED really fluctuates on it's timing so it doesn't help either.
The only nice thing about this metronome is that you can stand it upright...oh and battery life is long.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Just What I Needed Oct 21, 2007
This is reasonably priced, keeps the beat, can be set at the beat one needs. It is a loud beat, but that works well for me since I am just a beginning piano student and need all the powerful direction I can get. When I am practicing a piece I do sometimes toss my cap or scarf over the metronome so that it is a little softer sound, which works fine for me and costs nothing.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Perfect for what it is Oct 09, 2007
For a beginning student, this is PERFECT. It's so cheap and has everyhting a student needs.
1) It has a light so they can see tempo instead of just listening to it, which gets them in the mindset of following a conductor visually instead of the kid next to them in band that is speeding up.
2) It also has an earphone jack so that they can use their iPod headphones (or whatever) to get it louder in their ear if their instrument (such as a snare drum) drowns it out.
3) Finally, the fact that it is adjustable for each beat per minute is great for slowly working things up to tempo. Other metronomes in this price area move in blocks of 3 -5 bpm depending on the model and make it hard for fine tempo adjustment.
We can all agree that metronomes costing $50 to $150 do some great things and are finer machines, but for a 5th grader who might lose or break it, this is a perfect model to start with untill they get more serious.
I have every single one of my students get one when they start lessons with me.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Compact, with a loud mechanical sound. Jun 23, 2006
Money was no object. All I cared about was immediately getting a compact metronome with a mechanical-sounding knock rather than a cheesy (and harder-to-hear) electronic chirp. This is all that was available near me, and it fits the bill.
Negatives: there is no volume control, and its appearance is a bit deceptive because they made it look like there's a mechanical dial where there is none: one must hold a press-spot down to raise or lower the tempo.
A wire stand is attached for propping up the unit so that it can be positioned on a flat surface. And as Doug pointed out, it comes on at 100 beats per minute when you turn it on, which is an annoyance unless you always play at that tempo. :-) Runs off of a 9-volt battery. If you are willing to spend $44 get the Matrix MR-600: it is bulkier, but it has a volume control and a real knob for setting the tempo. I subsequently bought the Matrix MR-600 and it's the best I've had.
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