February 11, 2005
Cassette adapter for stereo miniplug
Radio is pitiful, so today I picked up the RCA MM600A cassette adapter so I could listen to my iPod’s music while driving. For $15.49 (before tax), the sound quality seems to be very satisfying.
I could have spent twice as much for a little FM transmitter, only to get inferior sound quality and potential hassles due to FM interference. But really, why anybody would choose to use an FM transmitter when these are available? While an FM transmitter might be more versatile, it seems like people have a lot of trouble, even when using a supplied car adapter to give it all the power it can get.
Comment by theplustwo — Posted February 14, 2005 at 16:18
I have a CD player that has FM transmitting built-in. I used it for a while when my car didn’t have an in-dash CD player. The tape player that was in the car was broken as well, so I couldn’t use one of those cassette adapters either. It sucked, you end up constantly fiddling with the FM tuning, trying to find an "empty" station to broadcast to. I’m much happier now that I have an in-dash CD player.