The best product of its type.

For two years I have put up with appalling sound quality whilst listening to my MP3 player in my car through a Belkin MP3 cassette adapter. My 4 year old Iriver IHP40 MP3 player is great (if now somewhat old fashioned by modern standards it still beats any Apple iPod hands down) and my Bose sound system in my Audi A3 is unbeatble but with no MP3 player socket (and no desire to try a notoriously unreliable FM receiver) I had to go and spoil the whole thing with a cheap Belkin device. The sound quality was just dreadful with a constant tape hum, variable volume, hiss and loss of bass.

But now all this has changed since I discovered the Sony cassette adapter. The quality is as excellent as it is ever possible to get for a tape device and definitely better than an original cassette tape. There is no discernible tape hum or noise and not only is my music so much clearer, sharper and with a full range of tones but I can also now listen to downloaded Podcasts of programmes predominatly in the spoken word - something that was close to unworkable with the Belkin. Previously, the best quality music on my car stereo was through CDs. Now the MP3 player through the Sony cassette adapter is as good. If you need a device like this buy the Sony. It is unbeatable and without question worth the extra money.

Waste of time

I bought this item for the sole use of playing my mp3 player in the car rather than making cassettes all the time. This piece of garbage simply doesn't work. Any stereo that uses auto-reverse won't be able to use this adaptor. It keeps flipping from one side to another. It might be cheap but you get what you pay for, this is a lot of rubbish, avoid at all costs!

Do Not Buy!!!

I bought the ION Tape2PC for my wife's Xmas gift. It is the second week in January '08 and it is not working. The ICON click only results in a message window to download Itunes. I already have Ipods and Itunes on my computer. Even re-loading Itunes has no results. 5 Emails to ION Tech Support and still no answer, and I am not the only one/ their own Forum Site. Tech Suppor?? There is no one out there. Pity you if you have a problem.

Maxell cassette adapter.

This cassette adapter works brilliantly, its easy to adjust the cable position for use in any player. I use mine in the car, no problems so far. Only downside is the look, a bit ugly with the white lead dangling. For the price, definitely worth getting if you just want to listen to your MP3/minidisk/walkman in your car tape deck.

Useful

OK, what would you expect from a cassette adaptor?
If you have bought one of these, or looking to buy one of these, then you should know what it is to be used for, and what to expect from it.
For a reasonable price (hmmm... a penny? exc. delivery), this cassette adaptor is more than a reasonable product to satisfy your needs.

low quality product

the speakers have a very poor sound, the record arm is not automatic, for a product that supposed to be so advanced it was all round very disappointing.

Gibbys new car

The first review nailed the problem for me,it's the clear plastic covering on the silver tape head which in my opinion seems to be causing all the issues.So take it off and happy motoring.