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Electronics : Scoobee iPod / MP3 player car audio cassette adaptor - white
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Rating: 
- sound ok, mechanics poor
First I'll say I bought this for playing MP3's in the car, and it works well enough, adn I'm happy with it. The sound is reasonable to good* for this kind of device. However, it doesn't work (mechanically) in my hi-fi cassette deck in the house. I think it's because it turns too stiffly, and the deck hasn't the welly to drive it. The result is that it stops playing before it even starts.
The cord-tidy mechanism is very useful, the reason I chose this model. I wanted the wires well out of the way of the air-bag, so that if it triggers the passenger doesn't get a face full of MP3 player moving at supersonic speed. And it works well, though it was a little tangled and stiff at first.
[*well, you compressed the audio with MP3, then you reduced it to cassette tape dynamic range, converted it to a magnetic signal, picked it up in an electrically noisy environment, and then you played it back on car speakers with the engine running and tyre noise, did you really expect Hi Fi?]
Rating:
- This is awful
I bought this because of other reviewers and though it would be OK. How wrong I was, the sound is awful. Firstly my tape player only plays it for a few seconds before stating there's a tape error. The sound quality is really really bad, it's not even bare able for the few seconds it plays. Don't buy this one! trust me spend your money on a Sony or Maxwell they are much better although a little more expensive.
Rating:
- Not worthy of all the good reviews on here
I recently purchsed this item as a replacement for my Sony CPA-9 Adaptor, which after 3 years of solid use finally died as the wires snapped because they had been wrapped around the tape one too many times - the easiest way to store it. The Sony wasn't perfect so I thought I'd see what alternatives there were and stumbled across this.
After reading the mostly positive reviews and with a little hesitation I decided that for how much it would cost me it was worth trying it. Having used this for 2 weeks now I can honestly say I wish I hadn't bothered.
My main issue is with the sound quality - this is absolutely terrible, it sounds like you're listening to music through mud. (Maybe it has something to do with the cassette player in the car, but I drive a modern car from the last few years so that doesn't figure.) More annoyingly any vocals are nearly inaudible and having tried listening to a range of music on this, the results are always the same - muddy and generally unlistenable. I honestly can't understand how most of the reviewers on here claim the sound quality to be so good...
Second issue is that it likes to just cut out and go to the radio at random. You don't have to touch anything, just be happily driving along, and all of a sudden it changes to the radio, without even ejecting the tape. This seems to happen spordaically and usually a few times in quick succession then is ok for the rest of the journey. As you can imgagine, really frustrating.
On the plus side though the retractable chord is actually a really good idea (my main reason for buying and the reason it gets 2 stars), but this could do with being longer as it doesn't reach further then halfway onto the passenger seat at full extension, and can be very tempremental when retracting, but then what else do you expect from a cheap product?
Due to the reasons above I wouldn't recommend this product and personally feel it's a waste of money - if you're unconvinced and are prepared to waste a few pounds then give it a shot, some people are seemingly happy with it, I on the other hand am going to buy another Sony.
Rating:
- Better than you'd imagine, but not that durable
I was admittedly dubious this would work well, but I was very happy with the quality of the sound - as good as a real cassette would have been, frankly.
So, in terms of bang for your buck, excellent.
The only thing that loses a star will be the fact it broke after about 4 months wear and tear. But, at the price, that's acceptable and I'll be buying a replacement for the next four months!
Rating: - Very disappointing
I had a previous device from Logic3 compared to which... the sound on this is shocking and it rattles in the player. Nifty cord stower but am going to have to throw it away. Shame
- sound ok, mechanics poorFirst I'll say I bought this for playing MP3's in the car, and it works well enough, adn I'm happy with it. The sound is reasonable to good* for this kind of device. However, it doesn't work (mechanically) in my hi-fi cassette deck in the house. I think it's because it turns too stiffly, and the deck hasn't the welly to drive it. The result is that it stops playing before it even starts.
The cord-tidy mechanism is very useful, the reason I chose this model. I wanted the wires well out of the way of the air-bag, so that if it triggers the passenger doesn't get a face full of MP3 player moving at supersonic speed. And it works well, though it was a little tangled and stiff at first.
[*well, you compressed the audio with MP3, then you reduced it to cassette tape dynamic range, converted it to a magnetic signal, picked it up in an electrically noisy environment, and then you played it back on car speakers with the engine running and tyre noise, did you really expect Hi Fi?]
Rating:
- This is awfulI bought this because of other reviewers and though it would be OK. How wrong I was, the sound is awful. Firstly my tape player only plays it for a few seconds before stating there's a tape error. The sound quality is really really bad, it's not even bare able for the few seconds it plays. Don't buy this one! trust me spend your money on a Sony or Maxwell they are much better although a little more expensive.
Rating:
- Not worthy of all the good reviews on hereI recently purchsed this item as a replacement for my Sony CPA-9 Adaptor, which after 3 years of solid use finally died as the wires snapped because they had been wrapped around the tape one too many times - the easiest way to store it. The Sony wasn't perfect so I thought I'd see what alternatives there were and stumbled across this.
After reading the mostly positive reviews and with a little hesitation I decided that for how much it would cost me it was worth trying it. Having used this for 2 weeks now I can honestly say I wish I hadn't bothered.
My main issue is with the sound quality - this is absolutely terrible, it sounds like you're listening to music through mud. (Maybe it has something to do with the cassette player in the car, but I drive a modern car from the last few years so that doesn't figure.) More annoyingly any vocals are nearly inaudible and having tried listening to a range of music on this, the results are always the same - muddy and generally unlistenable. I honestly can't understand how most of the reviewers on here claim the sound quality to be so good...
Second issue is that it likes to just cut out and go to the radio at random. You don't have to touch anything, just be happily driving along, and all of a sudden it changes to the radio, without even ejecting the tape. This seems to happen spordaically and usually a few times in quick succession then is ok for the rest of the journey. As you can imgagine, really frustrating.
On the plus side though the retractable chord is actually a really good idea (my main reason for buying and the reason it gets 2 stars), but this could do with being longer as it doesn't reach further then halfway onto the passenger seat at full extension, and can be very tempremental when retracting, but then what else do you expect from a cheap product?
Due to the reasons above I wouldn't recommend this product and personally feel it's a waste of money - if you're unconvinced and are prepared to waste a few pounds then give it a shot, some people are seemingly happy with it, I on the other hand am going to buy another Sony.
Rating:
- Better than you'd imagine, but not that durableI was admittedly dubious this would work well, but I was very happy with the quality of the sound - as good as a real cassette would have been, frankly.
So, in terms of bang for your buck, excellent.
The only thing that loses a star will be the fact it broke after about 4 months wear and tear. But, at the price, that's acceptable and I'll be buying a replacement for the next four months!
Rating:
- Very disappointingI had a previous device from Logic3 compared to which... the sound on this is shocking and it rattles in the player. Nifty cord stower but am going to have to throw it away. Shame