VEC TRX-20 3.5MM Direct Connect Telephone Record Device (ADAPTER ONLY)

So far, great sound quality or has a seemingly high signal to noise ratio. Also, very easy to install and versatile.Two misconceptions, this VEC TRX-20 device does include the spiral cord and the 3.5mm or 1/8 mini jack. The device also connects to the headset rather than at the telephone jack. (Far better on the handset, for maintaining audio quality.)My setup, I plug the output or the 3.5 or 1/8 mini-jack of the VEC TRX-20 into a pre-amplifier, then from the pre-amp into the line-in of an Asus Xonar Essence STX PCI/PCIe computer card. (The ASUS STX cards are one of the best sounding or highest signal to noise ratio sound cards on the market.)Trying to connect this device directly to a computer sound card without using a pre-amplifier may require enabling "mic boost" through the computer operating soundcard frontend settings, and greatly degrading the sound quality or signal to noise ratio depending on the quality of sound card used. I would strongly suggest using a (microphone) preamplifier, costing another $50-100 and can be readily bought through most music stores. The better pre-amplifiers tend to use XLR micrphone connectors, include +20dB mic boost for which I find essential, as well as 1/4 inch jacks rather than the small 1/8 jacks.My equipment:1) This device, VEC TRX-202) Studio V3 Tube MP Pre-amplifier (Settings: w/o +48v turned on, and +20dB Gain and Phase Reverse enabled)3) Asus Xonar Essence STX PCI/PCIe sound card4) Software: Linux ALSA arecord, aplay and alsamixer for recording 32 bit 48000hz PCM WAV files. (Photo shows only 16 bit rather than 32 bit recording due to an error on my part!)

This recorder adapter intercepts the handset input/output for a mono recording.Very easy to use. The only limitation is the quality of the telephone line and the telephone itself.However, for two years, we did not disconnect the adapter unit. The telephone handset coil cord jerked the unit wires hundreds of times, the wires separated and static crackled. So we bought two more.

This is a piece of equipment that is specifically designed to connect your landline phone to a digital voice recorder. You plug it into the phone and into the digital voice recorder mic jack. This is my second purchase of this model. The first one lasted for years, and I believe it still works fine. I think I was having problems with my digital voice recorder, not the adapter, but I ordered a new one of both just in case.The problem is that with my old digital voice recorder, the Olympus DS-30, I think I remember that it recorded in stereo - or at least in such a way that the sound came out of both sides of my headphones. With the new digital voice recorder, the Olympus WS-822, the recorded conversations only come out of the right side of my headphones. If anybody knows what I am doing wrong, please let me know. Until then I am not completely happy, but the device does do its job.

Was surprised at how small this is (1.5" x 1" x 1") but it does the job. Setting this up is a 20-second job and it's good to go. The 3.5mm jack will plug into a digital recorder or computer with no problem. The cord could use another few inches, in my opinion, but that also helps keep you from running around with the phone when you need it to sit still. Comes with double-sided tape to help keep things in place as well. Ran through a couple tests and it works great, recording dial tone, key presses, and voice. Basically, if you hear it through the receiver, this gets it. As others have noted, you MUST have a corded handset to use this as it connects in between the cord and the handset.

Works fine - exactly as advertised. However to make a good recording beware that the recording device is where things break down. If one expects to plug that jack into the mic input of a sound card - forget it. You need a good recorder. I used a flash based recorder which costs around $200. The sound card experience, which was my first choice, failed miserably. There is static, there is the 50Hz AC mains noise and it was a quick realization it's not going to work. May be my sound card is botched due to a cheap Chinese made DELL laptop but those are my unedited observations.

I purchased this to record interviews with my Great Aunt about members of her part of our family that have all deceased. She is 92 and is in poor health, so I wanted to be absolutely sure I didn't miss anything that was said. Because of the holidays and an fall that she had which required her to be moved several times, I did not have a chance to use this for a couple months after I purchased it. It stayed in the box, never touched until yesterday, when I tried to use it. It does not work. When I plug it into the handset of the phone, the handset is silenced, and the line is left open. I reported this to the seller, and asked for what they would like to do. I received a perfunctory response that it is beyond the 30 days and they will not support their product for me. Terrible product, terrible support.

The device seems to work well. I had been using an old Radio Shack device to connect my digital voice recorder to my phone for many years to record interviews for articles, but it eventually stopped working after the cord got caught in the desk drawer. After I missed out on some interviews that didn't get recorded and had to reconstruct them from my notes, I finally searched for a replacement, and I'm glad I bought this one. It seems to do the job well, and so far all the recordings I've tried to make have worked. The sound quality is decent, and perhaps even better than I had with my old Radio Shack connector. It only took about a minute to set up. It doesn't have the record/play switch that the old Radio Shack adapter had, but that's actually a blessing because that means I don't have to worry about it being on the wrong setting.