Soundwalk Chinatown

First off, this tour cost $ 1 to download online, so there is very little one can complain about for that rate. It’s a steal.
I’m a local, but there is a lot in CHinatown which which I am unfamiliar, and decided to do some exploring. The walk does take you down some side streets, point out some buildings, etc, that you may not have noticed in the past. The highlight for me was ending in a Buddhist temple. I have never been in one before, and would not have known I was permitted to enter this without the prompting of the tour guide.
There were two «errors» on the tour. One the guide instructs a left-​hand turn, but both the map and geography make it clear that you need to turn right. Second, there is point where you are guided through a metal gate into a community center. Either the gate is no longer open/​used or it is not open every day (I did this on a Saturday), because access was locked when I got there.
In terms of the audio itself, I found the background «ambiance» music and sound effects distracting. I prefer to hear the organic and real sounds of the street than having music trying to overpower them. Many of the streets of the tour are already a cacophony of sound unto themselves, and adding sounds in the audio to that is too much. Additionally, at a few points, the narrator was melodramatic to the point of hilarity.
I certainly cannot use those points to recommend against the tour, again because it costs only $ 1. Go for it and see what you think.

This is one of the best soundwalks there is in NYC. It was not time consuming and was very easy to follow. The pacing was perfect and it was a great insight into Chinatown and its opium dens, tea parlors, sweatshops etc.
The music and the accompanying sound effects make it feel like you are a participator rather than a passive observer. The sights pointed out cannot be known to even the local new yorkers.
The highlight was when you come to Bowery from a tunnel and all of a sudden some euro trance like music starts to play and you are in the middle of whizzing cars. How perfect! Feels like you are in a movie and it gives you such a high.
would recommend you do it before/​after Lunch since you are in Chinatown anyway