• Reviews around quality (2.85 of 5)

    INSTEN 3.5mm Universal Car Audio Cassette Adapter for Smartphones, 3-Feet Cord (Black)

    • Makes a constant loud tape noise when playing and the sound quality is very bad as well.
    • makes a weird noise and music can be bad quality but it still works
    • Audio quality is about as good as I would expect from a cassette adapter.
    • it works, my music plays but the sound quality gets distorted and sounds a little tinny
    • Slight rattling at times, but it has great sound quality and is easy to use
    • Sound quality was good for 2 days then muffled and sounded like my speakers were blown
    • The only issue I had was the sound quality
    • The sound quality is even better than my car radio sound quality, and the price is good.
    • The tape itself is loud in the cassette player, but the sound quality is clear
    • Previous reviews said it was good quality
    • Sound quality was not good.
    • Audio quality could be better.
    • The sound quality is as good as the radio (meaning that the quality is probably better than the stereo & speakers can reproduce).
    • Nice look and good sound quality.
    • Sound quality is very good for this product price range
    • Super cheap, great audio quality (to a normal person at
    • Pretty damn good sound quality.
    • Cord seems to be good quality.
    • Bad quality
    • I loved the product, the quality was fine and allowed me to listen to my audiobooks, but within a month of purchasing it (and using in only about 10 times) when I went to insert the audio jack into my phone, it bent in half and no longer works.
    • It played music well and had great sound quality
    • The sound quality is also poor, with a very tinny sound and a huge lack of bass, even with my audio settings set with bass at max
    • Poor sound quality
    • No issues at all, cord is long enough, no external noise or static at all, in fact, the quality sounds better than the radio
    • No issues, very easy to use, and great quality considering the price
    • terrible sound quality
    • Bad quality
    • It works wonderfully, it's super cheap and at amazing quality!!!
    • Bad quality doesn't work
    • Product started acting up a week after i received it, poor quality feels flimsy
    • Decent sound quality, HOWEVER, the tip of the plug broke off in my friend's phone, rendering both this product, and his phone's headphone jack useless
    • The sound is probably the best quality you can get for a tape player
    • Sound quality is good, rattles inside the cassette player though.
    • This doesn't happen with CDs in my car and the sound quality remains poor no matter which device I
    • I bought a FM bluetooth transmitter adapter at first and the sound quality was horrible, got this one couple days ago and it works as it should
    • The sound quality is good, however it is subject to being randomly ejected from my tape deck
    • Sound quality is reasonable for all but the most discerning listener.
    • Delivers good sound quality and is very easy to use, however it does make noise in the cassette player as it spins that is fairly loud
    • It was not of great quality
    • It works but the sound quality is poor.
    • I've tried many aux cords for my car and have even paid up to $20 for one, just to be disappointed by the poor sound quality
    • The sound quality is awful
    • I’ve never had one of these break down so fast, clearly not the best quality.
    • Quality of sound is great for a cassette adapter and the only drawback is the slight clicking noise, but otherwise a great product.
    • Might not be the best audio quality compared to an
    • So I decided to pay a little more to get a better quality of sound
    • Only one side of audio track plays back good quality sound
    • dont waste your money but a more durable and better quality one.
    • The quality is really good for the price, too.
    • So I'd recommend investing more for better quality
    • No issues, very easy to use, and great quality considering the price
    • Good (not perfect, but good) audio quality
    • Terrible sound quality!
    • The sound quality isn't as good as one would hope it to be, but it's better than nothing
    • Great price, decent quality --- and works as supposed to
    • Sound quality is pretty good, there's no static, or cut off, no hissing, it just works
    • The sound quality is excellent.
    • Really poor audio transfer quality!
    • Cassette to aux is still the perfect solution to my situation so hopefully there are higher quality items available.
    • Horrible quality!!
    • The sound quality wasn’t very good at all
    • Horrible quality
    • Horrible sound quality
    • Keeps skipping during my songs, isn't great sound quality either.
    • Delivers great quality sound for a great
    • As soon as I opened it, it felt cheap and not good quality
    • The sound quality is actually pretty crappy
    • Bad quality i throu it in the trush
    • Don’t expect perfect sound quality, but it does the job.
    • The sound quality suffers a little and you hear a minor white noise but not a deal breaker
    • The audio quality wasn't bad the first week and I could play the entire hour long list without any interruptions
    • Not the best quality sound, but for the money it works.
    • I am not expecting perfect quality, but what I did expect was to get a product that I could at least turn up the volume of
    • It does the job but sound quality is not the best
    • Also setting the volume on my phone to about 70% seems to be the sweet spot for the optimal sound quality
    • Its rattles in the player audibly which can get old but the sound quality is good so just turn it up loud.
    • As soon as I opened it, it felt cheap and not good quality
    • Poor quality sound compared to past cassette adapters as well brand new out of the box.
    • Much better quality than the adapter I bought at CVS almost three years ago
    • The sound quality started to decline
    • Sound quality is great.
    • Worked well for the first few times I used it and then the sound quality was terrible or it wouldn’t work altogether.
    • Good (not perfect, but good) audio quality
    • The sound quality is actually very good
    • Cheap quality
    • Works ok but the quality isn’t the best
    • This one is an AReally good sound quality.
    • The sound quality is wonderful
    • For the price, the sound quality is good
    • had to severely manipulate the audio jack (shove a napkin between the cord and my phone) in order to get the cable at the right angle so that the sound quality is audible
    • Unfortunately that doesn't change that the product is still cheaply made and poor quality.
    • used it for about a month, good sound quality but the cable near the input is starting to get bad already.
    • Crystal clear CD quality sound
    • The 15 minutes that it worked the sound quality was very good for a cassette adapter.
    • It plays the music at a terrible quality... but, hey, I don't have to listen to the radio
    • Terrible product amd quality assurance.
    • It works very well, the sound quality is really good, the only issue was that the part of the auxiliary cable that plugs into my phone's headphone jack broke in half and got stuck inside my phone
    • This one has terrible sound quality
    • Quality is bad, only one side of my car speakers work when I use this
    • Sound quality is good, rattles inside the cassette player though.
    • It works very well, the sound quality is really good, the only issue was that the part of the auxiliary cable that plugs into my phone's headphone jack broke in half and got stuck inside my phone
    • Decent sound quality, HOWEVER, the tip of the plug broke off in my friend's phone, rendering both this product, and his phone's headphone jack useless
    • Was inexpensive and sound quality sounds the same to me as bluetooth/aux
    • Headphone connector will not fit in a lifeproof case, so I ended up getting a different one, but this has superior quality
    • The sound quality is very poor
    • The audio quality was great... while it worked
    • Audio quality is okay, but my old RCA adapter worked better (until it broke)
    • Extremely annoying...I would recommend investing in better quality.
    • Poor quality product, did not work at all.
    • It broke pretty fast and the sound quality isn't the best.
    • The product itself is poor quality.
    • Super cheap, great audio quality (to a normal person at
    • Gets the job done, but sound quality is barely satisfactory.
    • Sound quality is a little rough.
    • The sound quality is very bad and there is a steady hum.
    • This isn't an issue of the tape deck receiving interference, or my car deck rejecting the adapter, this is just faulty quality control
    • Bad audio quality with persistent background buzzing, frequently stops functioning and you have to press Tape again to make it restart, feels cheap and flimsy
    • Quality of sound was horrible.
    • This blew me away on how well the quality sounded
    • Quality is poor and it wasn’t very loud even with the volume all the way up on my phone and car stereo.
    • I might get another, but the overall quality feels cheap.
    • so bass heavy and the sound quality is not very good
    • It had much better sound quality than I expected.
    • A "better quality" brand i got that cost wayyy more stopped working in a month or so
    • The cord is pretty long and the quality seems sturdy enough
    • I was pleasantly surprised that this actually works, and the sound quality is pretty
    • Good quality, had it for a while still works well, the tape does make a little
    • Good quality, had it for a while still works well, the tape does make a little
    • Makes a constant loud tape noise when playing and the sound quality is very bad as well.
    • Poor quality device
    • Awful sound quality
    • Sound quality is poor
    • Surprisingly great quality sound for the price.
    • Bad audio quality
    • Save your bucks and invest in a better quality one
    • Absolute terrible audio quality, it’s distorted and muffled
    • This cassette adapter has the worst sound quality of any I've used.
    • makes a weird noise and music can be bad quality but it still works
    • I'd recommend keeping the volume on your device lower, and turning up the sound on your car stereo for better sound quality.
    • The new one is very loud when in the tape deck compared to the first one I bought and the sound quality is not as good
    • Sound quality is weird with my phone, it’s
    • The sound quality is really good, although I did have to jiggle it a little bit to make it work all the way, but after that it was perfect
    • Poor quality sound, lots of crackling
    • Invest in better quality
    • The cassette rattled loudly upon use and the sound quality was poor as well
    • The quality is so much better than Walmart quality
    • The sound quality was really bad
    • Amazing sound quality
    • 2 stars because it does work, but the sound quality is horrendous
    • should've save my money and time and invested in better quality.
    • Sound quality was terrible
    • Poor sound quality & stopped producing sound out of the left speaker after 3 days
    • Sound quality is great!
    • poor quality
    • In addition, the sound quality is very poor; I can hardly hear any sounds, even though the volume on my phone and on my vehicle's sound system are turned up
    • At first, this is an great aux and the sound quality is excellent but after time the sound quality degrades
    • Good quality.
    • Sound quality was poor from beginning!
    • makes noises when playing. not good quality.
    • Good quality product, works grate in my car.
    • Work on it.and the overall quality was lacking
    • Sound quality improves x1000 when you turn device vol to about 75% and use the car volume to adjust the sound
    • So fat it has been working for couple months and the quality is still fine.
    • Great quality for what it is
    • I put the adapter in, and it was super easy, and also has AMAZING sound quality
    • so maybe I am just experiencing the bends or something, but the sound quality is horrid
    • I wanted to like this, but as good as the audio quality is (it's really good for being a tape adapter
    • Audio quality is good, but if you stop to look for a song it will eject and the radio will play, which is supper annoying.
    • makes noises when playing. not good quality.
    • Good quality product, works grate in my car.
    • By stopping I mean that the adapter is of such poor quality it simply stops sending the signal and makes a whirring sound before playing after a short period
    • Poor quality...
    • Other than that the sound quality is great and the cord is pretty long so people in the back seat can be aux.
    • At first, this is an great aux and the sound quality is excellent but after time the sound quality degrades
    • Awful quality
    • The audio quality is far better than I expected.
    • Very good quality compared to other Cassette adapters I have used in past
    • I suppose my unit may be defective (probably is), but the overall quality feels pretty cheap
    • Good sound quality otherwise.
    • Although before this one I bought a generic for a dollar in Dollar Tree and it took me a long time until I accidentally broke the cable, which resulted in better quality
    • really improves the audio quality of my SiriusXM device
    • Just really poor quality, skip it and buy a different brand.
    • The cassette rattled loudly upon use and the sound quality was poor as well
    • The quality is bad
    • While the sound quality and performance of this aux tape is good, the thing automatically ejects from my tape player very
    • Didn't work and very cheap quality
    • Its rattles in the player audibly which can get old but the sound quality is good so just turn it up loud.
    • Very poor quality product.
    • The audio quality on this is much better than I anticipated, and I'd highly recommend this.
    • I bought a FM bluetooth transmitter adapter at first and the sound quality was horrible, got this one couple days ago and it works as it should
    • Surprisingly, this item worked as it was described
    • Worked for a day with poor audio, now rejects its self a after putting in
    • I was so excited at first but quickly disappointed as I could not get it to work again.
    • n’t work better.
    • n’t work at all when it goes in the