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Marpac Marsona TSC-330 Sound Conditioner Review

March 3rd, 2010 No comments

Marpac TSC-330We are blown away by the quality the Marpac Marsona TSC-330 has exhibited. Our ‘330′ has now been running 24/7 for over 17,500 hours! That’s 2+ years! If you decide to run it 8 hours a night, you will have now had 6 years of care free operation.

This is an analog sound machine which doesn’t have a loop as do many other digital sound machine on the market today.  The “loop”  which can be described as a repeating “tick” sound every 3-5 seconds, can often keep people awake at night.   The loop free quality of white noise of the Marsona TSC-330 is very impressive. Read more…

Sonet QT Speech Privacy System

March 8th, 2010 No comments

The Sonet QT Voice Privacy System is a high end Sound Masking System designed for the work environment.  If you’re familiar with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, then you will know that any medical type area, where voices can be overheard, needs to have “reasonable safeguards” in place to reduce the possibility that medical privacy can be compromised.

The Sonet system does just that.  We have heard of its use in pharmacy and waiting room areas.  HIPAA does not say any system has to stop all speech from being overheard, it just says that the facility must takes steps to reduce the possibility. Read more…

Marsona DS-600A Sound Machine

March 9th, 2010 No comments

The Marsona DS-600A has been around a long time.  It is made in the USA by Marpac Co.  Weighing in at about 2 pounds this unit feels well build.  The operation is straight forward.  There are sound selector switches on the front.  There is a one push button to allow this sound machine to turn itself off in 60 minutes.  Don’t push the button and this sound machine will run forever. Read more…

Sound Oasis Sleep Sound Therapy System S-550-05

March 13th, 2010 1 comment

Let’s call this the “550”.  Sound Oasis is a leader in sound machines and they make many models, we have to pick a name rather than typing out ‘Sound Oasis Sleep Sound Therapy System S-550-05’ each time.

The 550 is light, very light, and is well suited for travel, but only in the USA, unless you want to chance frying the innards using an adapter for another country.  It can run off of Read more…

Life Sounds 440 White Noise, Infant Sound Machine

March 18th, 2010 No comments

The LifeSounds is made by Marpac Company in the USA.  It is intended for newborns. The first thing you’ll notice is the housing is the same as the Marpac DS-600.  But this unit offers different sounds, thus it has a different sound board in it. Read more…