No doubt, but given the choice between an FM transmitter in a densely populated city or a cassette adapter, I'll take the cassette adapter.

 

You might want to try out the SmartDeck which was posted above. I use a Sony cassette adapter and it's quiet.

 

That adapter seems to connect to the IPOD adapter, which sadly we no longer have. I'll need something that will use a headphone type minijack for the other players. Also, it would seem there is no way to charge the IPOD and use this at the same time (that IPOD was dead in 4 hours, brand new, and at the lowest settings. Oh well, it is now some criminal's problem). Otherwise, that does seem like a neat adapter!

If the Sony is so quiet, I'll see if they make a regular cassette adapter. Thanks for the tip!

 

I just checked Amazon.com for the Smartdeck. They have it really cheap, but the reviews suck. Here is the page:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...Fencoding=UTF8

(Not sure if that link will work - you can search if not).

Sony makes a plain cassette that is on the Target site, but I didn't see it at the local store. I might just order it online and see how it goes.

 

Would you stick an 8-Track player in a Lexus? Same signal. Sure it's handy, but defeats the purpose of the Ipod to play high bitrate digital music. I see a slight advantage to using it, but it's an 8-track fix in a $60k car. The interfaces to aftermarket head units will be pure digital and really clean the sound up. I haven't seen a good installer yet that couldn't achieve a factory finish. Seen a few bad one's though.

 

The SmartDeck is one of those products that's great if it works for you and crap if it doesn't. They actually did have a version that used the minijack, but like I mentioned in a previous post it's hit-or-miss if it'll work with your car stereo.

I actually bought my Sony cassette adapter from a local Target so it's probably the same one. I think you'll like it.

 

I went to a different Target to give back the noisy tape cartridge. This Target actually had the Sony one, but they wanted $20 for it - I wound up buying a Sony CD/MP3 CD player with the cartridge, a wired remote, charger and new earbuds for $55 instead.

This cartridge is definitely much quieter - not noise free, but livable. Thanks for the tips.