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  1. Join Date
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    Don't know kung natanong na ito noon, but I need your help. What has better sound quality - an FM tuner or cassette connector for ipod? It's for an old car w/ an old set-up: AM/FM/cassette, nothing else. A new head unit is too expensive at this pt. Thanks.

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    FM modulator na lang pre. Direct connection ka na. Piliin mo lang mga mp3 na isasave mo sa flash disk. Wag mong gamitan ng mp3 na sagad ang compression.

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    #3
    Quote Originally Posted by JackFlash View Post
    Don't know kung natanong na ito noon, but I need your help. What has better sound quality - an FM tuner or cassette connector for ipod? It's for an old car w/ an old set-up: AM/FM/cassette, nothing else. A new head unit is too expensive at this pt. Thanks.
    maingay ang cassette connector

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    neither..sayang lang pera mo.. iipon mo nalang yan pambili ng bagong HU

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    both of them produces not too good sound like CD or USB, but the FM tuner is a mile greater than the ncassette connector.

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    The Cassette adaptor would produce a more consistent sound than an FM modulator.

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    #7
    Quote Originally Posted by non-vtec View Post
    The Cassette adaptor would produce a more consistent sound than an FM modulator.
    +1

    Also get good quality cassette adapter. Cheap ones give a lot of hiss and poorer audio quality. I used to use an original SONY cassette adapter when I used a Sony discman many years ago in my car to play music (way before MP3s were invented).

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    Quote Originally Posted by JackFlash View Post
    Don't know kung natanong na ito noon, but I need your help. What has better sound quality - an FM tuner or cassette connector for ipod? It's for an old car w/ an old set-up: AM/FM/cassette, nothing else. A new head unit is too expensive at this pt. Thanks.
    we are in the same boat bro. no budget to get a new HU. the first two weeks, i was using a cassette connector on my stock HU on speakers, the sound output is too dull. but when i am using the radio, the sound is tolerable (hindi tunog lata).

    buti na lang i was keeping my old modulator here, tried it on my ipod and the sound quality improved, even though hindi pa sya ganung kaganda.

    so to answer your question, i think the modulator would sound better than a cassette adaptor, but the long term solution would be to upgrade my HU and speakers.

    hth.

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    #9
    Tried CDR king fm transmitter P480

    Ok rin naman kaso mababawasan talaga ang sound quality. Planning to change HU na USB ready pati na rin speaker. Di ako satisfied sa transmitter....

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