[geeks] fwd: The Seven Phases of Owning an iPod - An Illustrated Journey

[John Francini]

Well, the FCC-mandated limits on things like frequency response,  
power, and modulation pretty much
guarantee that the FM signal won't be as good as a cassette adapter.

Generally, the limiting factor on how good a tape cassette sounds is  
the tape itself, not the playback head.  Substituting what is  
essentially a recording head for the tape should result in better  
sound than you can get from tape, assuming proper gap alignment, etc.

The cassette adapter I use for my iPod doesn't align perfectly with  
the playback head unless I reach in with my finger and wiggle the  
cassette shell slightly to the right. Then it will play perfectly  
until the next time the playback head retracts (like when the car is  
turned off or I switch to the radio.)

j

On 21 Nov 2006, at 9:23, Joshua Boyd wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 10:49:47PM -0500, velociraptor wrote:
>> On 11/15/06, Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Do you find the radio transmitters give good sound?
>>>
>>> I've seen one locally for about $20 made by MacPlay (I think), and
>>> wondered if it was any good.
>>>
>>> I wish more car stereos would ship with a simple 1/4 stereo input. I
>>> don't need a cradle, just the audio input would be fine.
>>
>> The FM transmitters are OK, but not great. Cassette adapters are
>> better from what I understand. A lot of the Dodge/Chrysler rental  
>> cars
>> I've had lately have had AUX in on the dash w/a 1/8" jack.
>
> FM Transmitters must be really terrible if they are worse than  
> cassette
> adapters.
>
> My car stereo offers changer control, and like many stereos with that
> feature, someone offers a dongle that gives you Aux In in place of the
> changer.  I think I'm going to go for that dongle as soon as I figure
> out what I'd play music from.
>
> -- 
> Joshua D. Boyd
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