Brennan Reviews 

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.5

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Considering 593 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the product's quality and design, highlighting its effectiveness as an all-in-one solution for managing large music collections and its excellent sound. Many found the devices straightforward to set up and easy to use, appreciating the quick CD ripping and overall user experience. The delivery service is consistently described as fast and reliable, with orders arriving promptly and well-packaged. However, some customers noted product faults, with devices developing issues or becoming unrepairable. Others found the products not user-friendly, experiencing functionality problems or delivery concerns like items being left unattended or not received.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had a problem with my Brennan. I had corrupted the micro SD card by switching off whilst the Brennan was working. Brennan support gave me clear instructions of what to do. I'm not naturally good... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The Brennan B3+is a fantastic all-in-one solution for anyone with a large CD collection who wants to bring their music library into the digital age without the hassle of a computer. The unit combines... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I was really impressed with the speed of delivery , ordered at about 16:00 , delivered at 07:20 the following morning. So far I have loaded about 5000 tracks & am currently compressing them to FLAC .... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good communication. Fast response to question and clear answer given m Replacement SD card shipped quickly and well packaged. Arrived safely and Brennan is now working once again.

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Brennan JB7 winner of Hi-Fi Choice Best Buy Award - June 2008


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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent delivery!

Excellent delivery- said 3 to 5 days, arrived in just over 24 hours! Have ripped nearly 60 albums, in one day- great!

15 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Andrew
Thanks for the five stars - glad you are enjoying your B3+ and thanks for the 60 albums in a day mention. That's going to help buyers.
Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Extremely helpful and patient staff

Extremely helpful and patient staff. Excellent service

15 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Davd
Thank you for the five stars - glad you found Amanda and Paul to be helpful and friendly and that you are happy with your B3+
Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Answers every question

Answers every question! Invaluable!

15 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Stephen
Thanks for the five stars - glad we could help and that your B2 is back in operation
Martin

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Setup tricky but works well once completed

Delivered promptly. Setup a little tricky but once setup seems to work well.

14 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hi Jeff
Glad you are enjoying your Helix. Let me know what you found tricky and I can perhaps make some changes to the documentation. Email me at thebrennanb2@gmail.com
Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent product

Excellent product, (still in the process of loading my CD collection )arrived when told it would. Easier to set up than I thought it would be .

13 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Martin
Thanks for the five stars - glad that you found your B3+ was easy to set up - and thanks for sharing that.
Martin

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

App and Web UI are really dysfunctional…

App and Web UI are really dysfunctional and useless

13 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Walid
Sorry to hear that you are not happy with the app and webUI.
I don't know if there is a networking issue behind this or if you dislike the way they operate so I'd be grateful if you could tell me more.
In particular let me know what device you are using - mobile phone, laptop, tablet etc.
Also which of the four web UI variants you have tried.
In fact I am currently considering a refresh of the web UI - it is almost a decade old - which should tell you that it is stable and generally enjoyed by owners. But it may look dated by comparison with modern web designs.
Let me know what you disliked about the web UI. Was it too complicated? Or did it not do something? Or was it too unlike other apps?
I'll email you directly but I'll be keen to hear your views
Martin

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Got my music back.

Having access to most of my music is great, only thing is trying to find the rest of my cd’s that are buried.

8 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Andrew
Thanks for the four stars - good to hear you are enjoying your B3+. Let me know how we can earn that fifth star.
Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ordered part over weekend

Ordered part over weekend, arrived on Tuesday morning.
Excellent.

9 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Derek
Thanks for the five stars glad your B2 is back in business. We seem to have sold a few of those cards this week.
Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Prompt and accurate response to email…

Prompt and accurate response to email request for advice and assistance. Speedy dispatch of part required for fix (SD card ).

9 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Paul
Thanks for the five stars - glad your B2 is back in business.
Martin

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The product is great but I’ve found the…

The product is great but I’ve found the app doesn’t work well at all. Keeps losing tracks even after I’ve refreshed it

9 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Malcolm
Glad you like your B3+. If you could email me at thebrennanb2@gmail.com with a more detailed description of the problem you have with the app then I will try and help. Ideally if you describe in steps what you do and what you see - I should be able to reproduce what you are doing.
We do find that the web UI is more stable if Wifi is poor but I'd be very interested to learn more
Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Excellent service & we purchased the Brennan B3 after my husband had done some research he decided this is what we needed to store our vast music collection and enjoy listening with our new Sonos speakers. Brilliant invention!

7 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Meg
Thank you for the five stars - glad the B3 is living up to your hopes. Given that you have a "vast" music collection make sure you backup as you go and then make a fresh backup when everything is loaded.
Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Upgrade from b2 to b3 Great product

Upgrade from b2 to b3 Great product

7 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Hugh
Thanks for the five stars - glad you are enjoying the B3 after the B2. Do you use both or did you sell the B2? - I just looked on ebay and second hand B2s are fetching £400+
Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Delivered very quickly and a great…

Delivered very quickly and a great product with excellent follow up support via their forum

7 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Terry
Thanks for the five stars - glad that you are enjoying your B3+ and that our support was excellent - I had a quick look for any emails but couldn't see any so I don't know if you meant the website, AI or forum.
Martin
Update - thanks for letting me know it was the forum - M

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My Brennan still won't work

My Brennan still won't work. My library list on my laptop is blank as the Brennan won't pick up Wi Fi.

7 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Stuart
I see that you ordered a Wifi dongle - I see that you emailed about a B2 back in 2018 but cannot see any recent emails. I have asked Paul to make contact with you. But you can email us a thebrennanb2@gmail.com and takes us through some history and we can get the B2 back on Wifi
Martin

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Internet Strength is Critical

I had a lot of issues with this initially and all of them appeared to do with the strength of the internet signal. The initial ripping had skips, pops and other noises and was not what was expected. I contacted Brennan and Paul made some suggestions. In the end it was linking it via Ethernet that transformed the unit into what I was expecting.
It would be good if there was more emphasis on the importance of the internet signal. There's no documentation supplied that stresses this. There are no warnings on the unit that it is below the minimum required. This could be improved.
But the unit, now it's working, is excellent. Yes, you need a computer really to add artwork as it doesn't fetch it automatically for me. The interface is fine and I'm enjoying it. I'm not enjoying having to re-rip all of the CDs I did prior to a resolution.

25 March 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Brooke
Thanks for the four stars and the feedback. I have logged your suggestions about warning if the Wifi signal is low and adding that to the website - both good ideas.
I'm not sure how a lack of Wifi would lead to skips and pops - so please make sure you backup. I always suggest backing up incrementally as you go. Then after doing any renaming and housekeeping you do a fresh backup.
Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Cassette to cd? Before purchase?

Will it catalogue cdss that have been created from cassette tapes?

13 April 2026
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Reply from Brennan

Hello Brian
Good question. The B3 will not be able to identify the CD because its digital fingerprint will not match any known CD. You can certainly rename the album, artist and tracks manually after you have ripped the CD. You can also add album art manually. I don't think there is an automatic way to name the tracks but I have asked Paul for his advice. It will depend on how you created the CD from the cassette. You can email us at thebrennanb2@gmail.com and tell us more about the CD[s] and we may be able to help more
Martin
Update - please see this article on our forum
https://www.thebrennanforum.com/post/editing-artist-album-and-track-names-and-adding-album-artworks-using-the-web-ui-13568211?trail=15

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