Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:58:55 +0000
Reply-To: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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From: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Addendum to trip report: tunes
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Seriously? Where do you get a quality cassette adapter? I never could find one over 10 or 15 bucks, and none of them lasted more than a few months, and sound quality was iffy. You're right, the FM transmitter units stink. However, for a mere $69.00 I got a really nice Pioneer unit from Best Buy, installed one in my Westy and one in my daughters '98 New Beetle (for the NB I first looked for a VW CD unit someone had pulled to upgrade, but the NB folks must be smokin' crack, they all wanted around $300.00 for used stock CD units) For &69.00, am/fm, CD, but most importantly, an aux jack for plugging in an iPod, mp3 player, etc. I can even plug in my VW electric guitar and play through the unit (If I could play, that is) I don't even bother with CDs anymore, its just easier to plug in the mp3 player. Jeff
Jeff Stewart
----- "Chris S" <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
Just FYI, the cassette plug in dies not scratch the heads. The head
sensor does not move, but stays stationary. A quality cassette adapter
outperforms an FM transmitter any day (check the FM limits vs.
Cassette specs). I have tested lots of them. I also have used a
cassette adapter in my Beetle TDI for many years with no issues.
Chris.
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Dnia Feb 22, 2011 o godz. 14:19 Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
napisał(a):
> Interesting how and why we hang on to the "old-school" stuff. (I
> still have
> my vinyl....Not on the road..)
> I think that you might consider an FM mudulator signal that allows
> for an
> auxilary input which gives a
> somewhat better sound than your cassette adapter or those FM
> tranmitters.
> If you want to keep your
> cassette player in good shape, I'd think you'd want to not keep
> scratching
> the heads with the cassette
> plug-in thingie.....
>
> Just my $.02...
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Mark L. Hineline <
> hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote:
>
>> My music plays through a VW Design cassette player that I pick-and-
>> pulled out of an early 90s Jetta. Yesterday, as I was driving into
>> the
>> wind and wondering if I would ever go more than 50 mph again, I
>> wanted
>> some music to soothe the soul. My iPod is connected to one of those
>> wired cassette adapters, but it kept reversing. Drove me crazy.
>>
>> I later figured out that the volume on the iPod was too low, so the
>> head on the cassette player wasn't getting enough signal to be
>> satisfied.
>>
>> I really like having a cassette player. I can run anything and
>> everything through it, including tapes nature sounds I capture on my
>> old broadcast-quality Marantz recorder.
>>
>> Mark and Peregrine fille
>>
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