Product: Sabine MT-8000
Price Paid: US $29
Submitted
08/13/2004
at
01:01pm
by
Anonymous
Ease of Use
:
8
This is combined tuner/metronome. Functionally, it is easy to use. It has has several parameters you can adjust (key, tempo, etc.)--one button selects the parameter, and and up/down button chooses the settings for the parameter. Display is through easy-to-read leds.
Sound Quality
:
3
For the metronome function, I like the sound--it makes a decent sounding click, unlike others electronic ones which make a beep. Although, more than 2 volume settings would be nice. It originally seemed like it has plenty of tempos to choose from, but I actually find that often I want a tempo in between two of the options, so it's pretty limited in that aspect as well.
The tuner has a built-in microphone that can't detect either the high or low E string. Useless.
Reliability
:
3
It's really cheap construction. The button to choose parameters sometimes get pressed by the gravity of its own weight. That's right, it'll just stop working because the parameter button gets stuck in down position, even though it was never touched. The only way to fix it to shakie it vigorously.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Never dealt with.
Overall Rating
:
3
I cannot recommend this. I have used metronomes and tuners by Sabine that were good, and I like the idea of having both features in the same unit. But this combined model is lacking in metronome features, and totally sucks as a tuner.