Car cassette players

[MiccyNarc]

I need a new one for cheap that doesn't suck. My current one likes to occasionally randomly stop, clicks a few seconds, and keep playing. This is made even more annoying by the fact that I'm using an MP3 tape deck adapter so the song keeps going without the tape.

Recommendations? Any way to fix this problem? It's the player that comes with a 96 taurus...there seems to be nothing I can do about it. I think it's trying to change sides or realign itself or something. Somedays it's good, never stops once, other days, like tonight, it stops literally once a minute.

Anyway, wanted: cheap cassette player.

 

[lePobz]

why cassettes?

Using a tape adapter will just lose most of the audio quality..

Mine plays mp3s from USB flash drives (the usb socket is hidden away in my glovebox, with a 4gb usb drive attached)


Anyway, theres no shortage of cheap car stereos. http://www.edirectory.co.uk/pf/88888/mia/pid/4159554

 

[Krynn72]

Do they even sell cassette players anymore?

 

[Baal]

Do they even sell cassette players anymore?

Yea, in aisle 6, right next to the Beta Players and Altare Computers

 

[<RJMC>]

one questiong

stuff like cassetes and betamax and old discs will gain some value sometime in the future?

 

[Krynn72]

Only when they are considered antiques. So probably like in 50 years. And even then... they wont be worth much. Especially if they were crap to begin with.

 

[MiccyNarc]

Using a tape adapter will just lose most of the audio quality..

Cheap convenient and really doesn't sound half bad. Since it's not an actual cassette it sounds about the same as it does on my griffin earbuds.

And yes they still sell cassettes and vinyl, some people say vinyl sounds better than CDs with the right equipment.

 

[Adabiviak]

Have you thought about an FM transmitter for an MP3 player? Seriously, I didn't think I'd miss cassettes until I got MP3s - no rewinding/fast forwarding, no tapes to get charred in the player or the sun (or just fail period) way more room for all your songs. The audio quality is always up for debate, but if you're after cheap, I'm thinking you're not after insane quality. If you do mix tapes, it's SO much easier and faster than cassettes. I'm curious - do you have a lot of music on cassettes?

 

[Absinthe]

Vinyl is understandable. There's a collector's value to it. Cassettes? Meh... not so much.

I too use a tape deck adapter that I hook my CD/MP3 player up to. I'd just replace it with another one, as I don't see much financial sense in installing some USB-Jack-MP3-600kbs-Sirius-Wonderful-Magicbox into any car before 1998.

Have you thought about an FM transmitter for an MP3 player? Seriously, I didn't think I'd miss cassettes until I got MP3s - no rewinding/fast forwarding, no tapes to get charred in the player or the sun (or just fail period) way more room for all your songs. The audio quality is always up for debate, but if you're after cheap, I'm thinking you're not after insane quality. If you do mix tapes, it's SO much easier and faster than cassettes. I'm curious - do you have a lot of music on cassettes?

He's not really using cassettes. He's using a device that allows external devices to play through the cassette deck.

 

[MiccyNarc]

Have you thought about an FM transmitter for an MP3 player? Seriously, I didn't think I'd miss cassettes until I got MP3s - no rewinding/fast forwarding, no tapes to get charred in the player or the sun (or just fail period) way more room for all your songs. The audio quality is always up for debate, but if you're after cheap, I'm thinking you're not after insane quality. If you do mix tapes, it's SO much easier and faster than cassettes. I'm curious - do you have a lot of music on cassettes?

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=153161


I used an FM transmitter before, I lost it in my car accident in January. The cassette sounds 100000000000000x better.

 

[Muffin Man]

My friend uses a cassette adapter in his old van. They actually sound pretty good.

 

[Krynn72]

Yeah, cassettes had pretty good quality.

 

[Qonfused]

My friend uses one in his beater Jimmy. It's not too bad.