Re: [ARSCLIST] On the beaten 8-track...

[Christie Peterson <cpeterso@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have used both a cassette adapter and a radio broadcaster to listen to 
my iPod in the car.  My experience was that the cassette adapter was 
awful, lost a lot of the high-end sound, and was so bad that no music 
was better.  I later bought one of those little gadgets that broadcasts 
your iPod on a radio band, and have been much more satisfied with the 
sound quality.  It isn't as good as the -- get this -- digital original, 
but sounds generally as good as stuff coming over the radio does.

Caveat/disclaimer:  I listen to a lot of indie rock and electronica, so 
maybe the results would be different if my iPod were full of, say, 
classical music or early jazz.

P.S.  All the cheap rental cars I've driven in the last 5 years or so 
have only had CD players/radios -- no cassette tape players, so don't be 
so sure your next car will have one!

Christie

Christie Peterson
Project Archivist, Muskie Archives & Special Collections
Bates College
70 Campus Avenue
Lewiston, ME 04240-6018
(t) 207-753-6918
(f) 207-755-5911



On Sep 26, 2006, at 11:21 AM, Wasserman, Robert A - WHS wrote:
> > Some of us, or at least I, currently drives a car with a cassette
> > player, and there will probably be one in the next used car I buy. Has
> > anyone had any luck with the cassette insert adapters for use with
> > IPOD's or portable cd players?