Adaptive Sound Technologies Sound + Sleep SE - White Noise Machine for Focus Support - Convenient Sleep Timer - Built-in Headphone Jack - Precision Volume Settings - Speech Privacy - White

I bought my Sound+Sleep SE a bit over five years ago and it's worked great that entire time. However just recently it has developed a glitch where after playing for several hours it'll suddenly emit a fast stuttering noise and then power off. I contacted the company's support department and they immediately responded (within seconds) and their belief is that the memory card has gone bad and they are sending me a replacement memory card first class free of charge. I'm totally blown away by this level of support, especially as the product is no longer under warranty. I wish all businesses operated at such a level. Now as to the machine itself, I love it, which is why I've used it every night for over five years. My favorite settings is the "Meadow" setting with both "Selection" lights lit. I do hit the Display button to turn off all the lights though before I go to bed. But I just love the crickets in that particular setting.

This machine produces sounds that are far more realistic than units of it’s type, less canned, never looping, and utterly effective in providing layered, calming background noise for sleep or study. By comparison these sounds are so FAR supeior that they suspend disbelief! My husband wakes up sometimes to blurt out that it’s raining before drifting back off again, cute? You get 40 (FORTY!) easy to dial choices too! Tip: Take a cellphone screen shot of the menu or tape an index card of your known favorite settings nearby. There is such a broad range of choices I guarantee you will NOT like them ALL, (how could you, it’s variety) but you will have favorites. The machine remembers that you like Rain program 4 and Ocean program 2, so just because you turn to a new sound, your old settings per category will stand till you change them. If I go from 4the program Rain to 3rd program Meadow, then play with Crowds program 1 for awhile, when I go back to Rain again, it’ll be set at the 4th level where I left it! This company really tries to give us EVERYTHING! Like, perhaps Brown, Pink or Whitewash sound isn’t FOR everybody, so you can time it to send the baby to sleep but shut off before your spouse hits the hay. Push a single obvious button to select auto shut-off options after 30, 60, 90, or 120 minutes OR you can let it just play indefinitely till you hit the on/off power key! The machine is lightweight for TRAVEL but still quality made and attractive and I like mine right next to my pillow! (Needs an outlet) I’ve tried several products (4) to reach this conclusion and I WON’T name them, they’re fine, but compared to THIS? They’re out of their league! If you buy a $19.99 unit you’ll GET a fraction of the AWESOME possibilities offered by THIS handsome beauty. This unit even has an ADAPTIVE option in which with one obvious button click activates a sound level sensor and your effects programs will swell or taper off in sync with surrounding ambient noise, so if a discussion gets ‘heated’ you won’t wake the baby, and the ‘nature’ builds and tapers back to normal as you do, Heck, you could even vacuum, and all baby hears is the wind blowing in the trees, (strong as it needs to to mute you out). Genius! It doesn’t have EVERY great sound effect under the sun, like windchimes and blizzards, distant droning lawn mowers, popcorn popping, cats purring... ah well. But I was SHOCKED by what it DOES include! A City Cafe 😃(omg) Passing Traffic 🚙, Fireplace Crackling🔥 and each VERSION of a sound type adds more layers! The first setting of Ocean is just waves smashing the breakwall, setting two adds seagulls & wind, setting three adds seagulls, wind, foghorns, passing boats and I forget all else, but each program lets you build on it. I enjoy falling rain, but I PREFER a cracking loud thunder storm and this machine provides these choices! LLove-Love Love-Love Love it! ♥️💗💕❤️

After a few nights of use, so far this is vastly superior to my old Sharper Image white noise machine that I've had for probably 20+ years. The high-quality speaker adds a lot more low-frequency to the sounds (I have been using brown noise), which enables it to mask a lot more ambient sounds that the older machine just couldn't. So far, it's allowing me to sleep without using earplugs. I probably wouldn't travel with it - it's just too big - but I can keep using earplugs when I'm in a hotel. It does take up a bit more real estate on my nightstand, but I compensated for this by upgrading to a newer and much smaller alarm clock. Time will tell about durability, longevity, etc., but for now, it seems like money well spent.

I purchased this sound machine about a month ago, and within two weeks the sound machine would just shut off after 15 minutes of operation. It was dead. It would not turn back on. I called the manufacturer, and they were very nice and replaced the unit within 1 week. I also received a return label to send the original unit. I received the new, and worked well....... for about a week. This time the shut down of the unit was different. The unit would shut down after 15 minutes, but I was able to reset the unit by unplugging the power source. This did not solve the main issue though of the constant shut down. I though the issue may have been the voltage fluctuation at the receptacle. The readout on my UPS battery backup showed a power fluctuation between 118 to 121 volts. So in order to correct this, I purchased an electronic voltage regulator to automatically adjust and maintain the voltage at 120 volts. After setting up this new auto voltage regulator, I pugged the sound machine into the auto voltage regulator, and after 15 minutes, the unit still would shut down. I then assumed that the line voltage signal was "Dirty", with noise. So I purchase a electronic line conditioner for a high fi system to clean the line signal. After installing the auto voltage regulator and the line conditioner filter in series, the sound machine still shuts down after 15 minutes. I suspect that there must be a manufacturers defect in the circuitry, since I experienced the same issues with the two units, with a clean and constant 120 volt power supply. I've given up on exchanging the sound machine with another replacement and have decided to take the loss, and just purchase a different manufacturer. This was a costly lesson. I do not recommend the purchase of this sound machine.

UPDATE Sept. 8, 2018. I have 2 of these machines now. I keep one by my bed, and the other in my living room for relaxation. My original review still holds. I still don't use many of the sounds this machine provides. But -- it's steady, reliable, worth the money I paid, and I do recommend it. END of update. I bought this unit for a limited and specific number of features that were hard to find in one unit. I wanted pink noise, brown noise, at least two fan noises, a decent water sound, and something like a meditation sound. I got them all in this one unit. White noise is too bright and high-pitched for me, but I use pink and brown noise for sleep, and also one of the two fan sounds. I use “brook” and “meditation” for simple rest. So, I knew why I bought the unit and I did get what I wanted. That said, I figured that for $116, I might get considerably more. That hasn’t been the case. I think the sound quality on this unit is a B-, considering the price. I also own a $20 Homedics unit which has a better rainfall, ocean and “summer night” (Sound+Sleep calls it “meadow”) sound than this unit. Although this unit has 4 water sounds (waterfall, rainfall, ocean and brook), I am hard pressed to tell the difference between the first three. They all sound a lot like static to me. I do use “brook” and like it. In addition, the “selection” button is touted as a way to augment and vary each of the 16 sounds, thus giving you 64 variations. To me, it mostly adds “push” to the majority of sounds — louder, heavier, more static but not significantly enhanced. I knew when I bought the machine that I didn’t care about the following sounds: baby (heartbeat), crowd, city, rides, home etc. I don’t use them. I also don’t use the adaptive button, since there is no competitive noise in my home. On the plus side: 1) The front display is easy to manage. The sound dial rotates easily and the volume buttons push easily. 2) It appears to be well built. There is heft to this unit. It is relatively large. 3) The sounds I do use appear to be loop-free and consistent. 4) I am not a high-volume person, but this machine offers a lot of volume. 6) There are LED lights for one/off and the timer, but you can shut the lights off. 7) The timer (30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes) actually turns the entire unit off, not just the sound off but leaving the unit running. Not every machine does that; I like it. Overall, I am glad I got what I wanted in one unit. For me, it works well when used for sleep or rest. I just expected more for the money. I expected that the majority of sound options would be a knock-em-dead sounds, and they are not, in my opinion.

After a lifetime of sleeping issues, the brown or pink noise has me falling asleep within 15 minutes. I still wake up a lot during the night but thankfully for the first time in 30 years, I fall back to sleep thanks to the pink noise, before it would take me an hour at least. I have never experienced this before in nearly 80 years of sleeping issues. I don't think I have ever felt deep sleep in such a long time, it was very surprising getting consistent deep sleep after getting used to this thing within one week. I couple this device with their 40hz gamma device, and together I've had the greatest sleep in my life and at 80 years old I really need it. Every morning when I get up I set it the device to white noise mode I've conditioned myself to associate that higher pitch and the 40hz gamma beat and flicker from their 40hz unit with waking up. I'm not nearly as groggy and tired anymore, I snap awake within 15 minutes. Every night when I go to bed to read I set it to the brown or pink noise setting, coupled with a deeper pitch from their 40hz device. I used to fall asleep within an hour and toss and turn, this device's brown/pink noise trimmed that down to 10-15 minutes, now coupling that machine with their 40hz gamma machine I now fall asleep within minutes. . The slightest urge to pee gets me up during the night, this device has it where I am falling back to sleep within minutes after I do my business, now using this device with the 40hz device I nearly sleep through every night though sometimes my bladder feels like it's going to explode. I haven't had uninterrupted nights since I was a teen. I do like the various options though I don't personally use the other sounds unless I'm bored. There's quite a selection which will probably help your relaxation or sleep needs. 120 dollars to be able to sleep again is a steal.

Ok so I live in a condo and my next door neighbor (in the next building!) blasts her TV day and night. (Who the heck watches TV at 4 AM??) It's not just the noise, but the bass/vibration that's been keeping me awake. It's been a real struggle and I wasn't sure what to do. Sleep with earplugs? Yuk, and how would I hear my alarm? Add soundproofing? Costly and not attractive. I figured I'd give a sound machine a shot and I am thrilled that I did. There are obviously a zillion to choose from. Not knowing the type of sound that would work for me, I decided to go with one that offers a wide variety. To say that this machine offers a lot of sounds is like calling the Pacific Ocean a little pond. It's bonkers. There must be over 50 to chose from, and this is not a bad thing. I listened to them all and chose the one that suits me best (the simplest "Ocean" setting FY). It sounds, pardon the pun, dreamy. Perfectly soothing and it seems to be an excellent solution. I slept last night like a baby. At first glance, the controls do look a bit complex, but they are actually quite easy to use. Overall it's an attractive device and looks great in my room. I am extremely pleased. The speaker sounds excellent. A couple of minor issues. No big deal but worth knowing. • Being able to turn off the display light is a great feature. However, every time one changes a setting (say- to a different sound or volume in the middle of the night), the light goes back on. • The control knobs feel a little flimsy. I'm not sure if they are built for durability. Overall I am thrilled with this purchase and would definitely recommend it. It is literally just what I needed.

I really like the machine. I love the rain noise and like that I can even hook it up to my Bose speaker to get better quality sounds, if I want. Unfortunately, I've been using it for about 2.5 months and now I can't use roughly 6 or 7 of the sounds. The speaker sounds like a kazoo and the low-pitched sounds like the heart beat or certain thunder noises are scratchy and staticy. I haven't moved the machine, dropped it, bumped it, etc. It's been in the same place so there's no reason for this to have occurred and I've seen this in other reviews. The other day, I also lost the layers of sound. Rain would no longer turn into thunder/lightening. Meditation was only a drone, the sitar and other instruments were gone. I followed instructions and hard reset it and those came back, but it's odd that they got lost in the first place. I really like the machine and it does drown out noises and help me sleep, but I'm concerned that I can't use a large portion of the sounds now and am further worried that it will continue to deteriorate. I would like to see if a replacement machine is a possibility. It says there is a 1 year warranty in the box. I'll be checking to see if I can pursue that.

Superb little piece of technology. Thought I would like the sound of water best but in fact I love brown noise and it does help feel sleepy. Before buying, unsure if it was worth paying the extra for this machine but delighted with it and I know I will use it a lot. I liked the idea of it not repeating as I would find that irritating. I also find it useful that you can switch the lights off and listen to it in complete darkness - find that particularly conducive to promoting sleep. It's a little gem! Very happy to recommend this model.

I love my Sound+Sleep SE. The sound is rich and natural — not harsh or mechanical — and it helps me fall asleep much faster. The adaptive mode is amazing: it adjusts gently to the noise around me and keeps the room calm. I sleep deeper, wake up more rested, and honestly consider this one of my best purchases for better sleep.

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Excelente

Ich bin mehr als begeistert. Die Soundqualität der Geräusche ist phantastisch. Zudem können Boxen der individuellen Wahl angeschlossen werden. Es ist leicht zu bedienen.