Griffin DirectDeck - Universal Cassette Adapter

I've had mine for a couple of years and it's an awesome product. I left this review after I came back to get a second one for my brother-in-law. For the best sound quality, the goal is to have the volume in the car as low as possible to avoid excessive noise from the car's audio amplification. On the other hand, some MP3 players introduce audio distortion when the volume on them is turned up all the way. I try to have the phone audio between 75% and 95% and then fine tune it with the car volume. Just keep that in mind when you're using it and it will give you clear, bright, loud audio. I actually had broken mine when I got my foot tangled up in the audio cord and ripped it out as I was getting out of the car. I was able to easily take out the screws holding it together and re-solder the wires back to the small circuit board inside. It's still going strong!

AWESOME!

Très pratique cette cassette transforme les trajets car elle permet de jouer sa musique mp3 avec un bon son sur l'autoradio.

The Griffin GC17041 works perfectly. I connected my iPod shuffle and did not experience any problems. The sound quality is very good, far better than I had expected. For the price it is an absolute bargain, highly recommended if your car doesn't have a stereo with an MP3 and/or CD Player.

This is less susceptible to noise than my previous cassette adaptor (a Sony), but is very treble heavy. This is probably good for my primary purpose, audio books, because it helps it cut through background car noise - but it is not so good for music. Otherwise this appears to be a reliable unit.