iTrip Opinions

[blazzinmatt]

I am getting my iPod in one week and when I drive I would rather listen to my music then listen to the radio or a limited CD. So I was just wondering what you thought of the iTrip and if there was any other accesory that would do the same exact thing if the iTrip is not so great.

[jhollington]

The iTrip can be very useful if it's your only option, however since you're broadcasting on FM radio frequencies, you're actually limited to that level of quality.

If you have the option for it, a cassette adapter or direct line-in would provide superior audio quality.

The only other issue that I've had with the iTrip is that if you live in a major metropolitan area, it's often hard to find a suitably "clean" frequency to transmit on.

[blazzinmatt]

Does Apple sell a casette adapter especially for the iPod or anyone will do just fine. I know some people say that if you use same headphones as CD player/MP3 player it gets better quaility but that might just be a myth.

[jhollington]

Apple doesn't sell one, but I know that the Belkin one is on their "approved" list (which is the one I bought and I'm happy with it).

Any cassette adapter with a standard headphone connector will work just fine. Obviously your mileage may vary in terms of quality, but you don't have to buy an "iPod-approved" adapter to find a good quality one.

[Joshdude]

To present another argument:
I have an iTrip and I love it. I must have gotten lucky according to most users because I get clear, bassy sound and uninterrupted broadcast (I live in LA, by the way). When I tried a tape adapter, the sound was muddy by comparison, and not just a little bit. There was no comparison in the sound at all. The iTrip may be limited to FM sound, but it sounds really awesome to me. You might try it out first, though.

[jhollington]

I originally had a similar problem with my car cassette adapter... It turned out that it simply needed a thorough head cleaning, which was kind of ironic, as I don't think I had ever used it previously (probably just dust-bunnies... :) ).

[[zerophase]]

the itrip is nice from what i've heard but according to griffin tech you can only turn your ipod up around 50-70 for volume before the sound gets really distorted.

[blazzinmatt]

I am going to go with the iTrip and if it doesn't work, I live in NYC, I am going for the Belkin casette adaptor. Both which will work for what I need, just thought iTrip was wireless and a lot easier to use.

[FlyingJenny]

Originally posted by [zerophase]
the itrip is nice from what i've heard but according to griffin tech you can only turn your ipod up around 50-70 for volume before the sound gets really distorted.

Yes, your iPod's volume must be set between 50-70%, but that doesn't mean you can't turn up the volume on your car's stereo as high as you want. Beleive me, it is plenty loud.

[jhollington]

Originally posted by blazzinmatt
I am going to go with the iTrip and if it doesn't work, I live in NYC, I am going for the Belkin casette adaptor. Both which will work for what I need, just thought iTrip was wireless and a lot easier to use.
I have both the iTrip and the Belkin cassette adapter, actually... I've also bought the Belkin car charger, which is pretty handy as it has an audio-out on the actual charger plug itself. I run the line from the casette adapter around and down to the lighter socket where the Belkin charger is plugged in, and connect it to that. Then I just use the Belkin cup-holder stand to place the iPod in. For my car this actually works really well, and I've been very happy with it.

I use the iTrip when I drive other vehicles, which don't usually have a cassette deck (I frequently drive military staff cars as I'm in the CF Reserve), and it works quite well also, but I find I definitely prefer the quality of the cassette adapter.

[nutella825g]

By the way; does anyone know the difference between the iTrip and the iTrip 2 (or iTrip II)?

[jhollington]

I've noticed a lot of places selling the "iTrip 2" but I think that my be a marketing error... Griffin's web site certainly makes no mention of more than one iTrip (well, there's an iTrip Black, but that's just a different colour).

The specs on these various places selling it as the 'iTrip 2" seem to be exactly the same, as well.

[Alias]

Iseem to be lucky. I live in Bristol, UK and my iTrip drowns out even the most powerful stations on the dial. Sound is great if a little bass heavy but its simple to fix with the basic EQ on my Audi/BOSE in car kit.

I's say go for it.

S

[toothpaste]

Originally posted by Joshdude
To present another argument:
I have an iTrip and I love it. I must have gotten lucky according to most users because I get clear, bassy sound and uninterrupted broadcast (I live in LA, by the way). When I tried a tape adapter, the sound was muddy by comparison, and not just a little bit. There was no comparison in the sound at all. The iTrip may be limited to FM sound, but it sounds really awesome to me. You might try it out first, though.

At first my itrip was good, but it seems over time it gets worse. Even at best, the sound was never awesome. I wouldn't spend money on the itrip again if i lost the one i have now. Like it says in my sig.......

waste of money.

[613flavah]

I recently bought an iTrip and I just received it in the mail today. I was looking forward to using it tonight in the car but as I was reading the back of the box it says

REQUIREMENTS
Apple iPod with Dock connector


I don't have a Dock connector, nor did it mention anywhere that you needed on on the site I bought it from. I haven't opened the box, so before I do I'd like to know if it's really that necessary? Can't I just plug in the iTrip and off I go?? I didn't see anyone mention the Dock connector on here?

[altcountryman]

What that means is that the iPod has to be the model that can connect with the Dock, i.e. a 3g or 4g. If that's the model you have, plug it in and start Trippin'. If you have an older iPod, it won't work.

I've been happy with mine. It's not perfect, but having 2,930 songs at my disposal in the car, at decent sound quality, for $35 is a pretty good deal in my book.