• Reviews around sound (2.26 of 5)

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

    • Sound is nice and clear
    • The sound was nice when it was working
    • The sound is good but this one makes a lot of noise
    • Works well sounds great
    • Whenever the tape deck is activated, this thing make an unbelievably loud clattering sound
    • Squealing sound from the gears upon first use.
    • Makes an annoying sound when the gears inside turn
    • Very annoying sound!
    • The sound is not the best but the price is right
    • it would make a loud annoying clicking sound and then say error and then eject from the casset player
    • It makes a nasty sound while it tries to read it and then ejects the cassette
    • And the sound is terrible 😕
    • There is a humming sound when you plug it in and while it worked well for a few weeks, now it won't even stay in the tape deck.
    • This worked great the first week or two, but then suddenly the sound would get all static and I would need to wiggle the plug/unplug and try again for it to get back to sounding normal
    • The sound only worked on the right side of the car
    • Hear Toni Braxton, the Backstreet Boys, Elton John, and Faith Hill as they were meant to be heard: in glorious stereo sound.
    • sound is good but i ordered 2 and they both broke within a few weeks
    • Bad static and poor sound.
    • This one worked for a week after it began to fail, the sound was intercalated and then simply the music did not sound and the casette was expelled from the compartment by itself
    • Great sound at first, but kept triggering auto-reverse mechanism
    • The audio sounds good but you can hear the tape playing in the background
    • The sound is clear and there is no static or frequency noises
    • This is seriously loud (the sound of the tape playing) and completely distorts the sound
    • The sound was great and it worked perfectly
    • The sound was great and it worked perfectly
    • Only one side of audio track plays back good quality sound
    • Works great in the "94 Buick with no hissing sound.
    • Just today I realized that the hissing sound can be reduced if I increased the volume from my phone to a higher level and then if necessary turn up the car stereo volume (so the car's speakers stay at about a 9-10 level, where before I was having to increase it to 13-14)
    • Makes irritating sound when I'm using it and half time my car's tape recorder rejects it
    • Right off the bat it made a really loud sound in my tape player, but it was pretty easy to down out with my music
    • Once my volume gets loud enough to hear, there is an extremely loud hissing sound that is louder than the music
    • Like you can’t even enjoy the sound in any capacity.
    • Decent sound for a tape adapter
    • No tin can sound, static issue or sound of tape playing function overriding sound of audio from device.
    • Sound was amazing but after a few months it stopped working.
    • Really good sound (no seriously - I was impressed)
    • Good clear sound
    • Other than that the sound is decent at best.
    • Unfortunately, the second one I purchased made a loud ticking sound when it was inserted in the tape player slot
    • Horrible sound quality
    • Delivers great quality sound for a great
    • Sound is crystal clear.
    • I've found that if you have the sounds turned up all the way on your device the sounds gets distorted and fuzzy
    • I have to turn the volume up really high in order to hear anything, which amplifies an annoying buzzing sound.
    • The sound is not great, but it works
    • However, I will be sending it back because there is a loud clicking sound that continually comes from the tape
    • Not the best quality sound, but for the money it works.
    • And the package has instructions to put the player on pause which is not a feature my car has and the sound is very annoying/distracting while driving.will be returning
    • made an awful buzzing sound for the first week, then immediately stopped working.
    • In addition to the music being low the wheels make a loud clicking sound so what little music is audible is drowned out
    • Terrible, painful, loud squeaking/scratching sounds with usage, the sound of the music I was playing through it was super distorted
    • otherwise it gives a static sound.
    • It makes a weird clicking sound, and you can't hear the music b/c of the loud sound.
    • Also setting the volume on my phone to about 70% seems to be the sweet spot for the optimal sound quality
    • Ton of feedback and the annoying clicking sound everyone talks about
    • The sound comes out perfect with no clicking noise for my Buick lesabre I highly recommend!!!
    • Poor quality sound compared to past cassette adapters as well brand new out of the box.
    • Like you can’t even enjoy the sound in any capacity.
    • It will plymay my music but makes an awful grinding sound that makes it unbearable to listen to.
    • Sound is horrible
    • Sound is clear.
    • Simply did not last, after a couple of months the sound failed
    • Good clear sound, way better and much less of a hassle than the FM transmitter I had before!!
    • I will continue troubleshooting to fix the sound, but it doesn't seem like the clicking sound will go away.
    • Crystal clear CD quality sound
    • Whenever I try to use it the sound only works half way
    • Makes loud screeching sound while in player(from cassette not speaker)
    • Both of the tapes I received were missing the tape inside of the cassette tape, so each time I popped it into my car, there was a loud whirring sound, the display changes from Side A to Side B, then ERROR, then the tape is ejected
    • Received product and it was broken first try with a loud spinning sounds.
    • Crystal clear sound.
    • Was inexpensive and sound quality sounds the same to me as bluetooth/aux
    • Sound is great and music or audio directions play out of the stereo system
    • The sound isn’t consistent, and I’ve made sure it isn’t the fault of my phone
    • Sound is pretty good, sometimes it sounds a bit thin, but one can up the bass setting on the car stereo and it sounds just fine
    • Works, but has an annoying clicking sound as it goes back and forth.
    • Clear sound, but the 3.5mm jack failed within 3 weeks of infrequent use.
    • the sound wasn’t working out of my left speaker
    • The sound is awful
    • VERY loud sound from the tape deck
    • It does play sound pretty well for the 3 seconds the tape doesn't get spit out
    • Very easy to use, pretty durable but the adaptor I bought seems to go in and out and can be a scratchy sound.
    • Worked for a few months, then weird sound comes
    • Made a loud clicking sound when in use
    • Better than the other ones cause the bothered make a static/tape sound when played this one makes so little u can barely hear just turn up the volume a little, and you can't even hear it, and the bass is execelent
    • The sound was great but the durability was terrible
    • I've been playing music just on my phone's speaker because that's preferable to the obnoxious sounds coming through my car's speakers because of the adapter.
    • The clicking sound of the cassette spinning is so loud it interferes with the sound of the music
    • The awful clicking sound is unbearable
    • Shame on other blue-tooth cassette adapters that produce the weakest sound
    • The sounds is horrible and there is a lot of static.
    • It had a hissing sound upon first use that I usually ignored while listening to music
    • Works great in my moms 2001 nissan, great sound & easy to use
    • It works perfectly fine and produces great quality audio sound
    • I didn't really have high expectations for it, considering it was on the cheaper side for the aux cords I've seen, but when I put it in my car, the sound was crystal clear and amazing
    • Works great in my moms 2001 nissan, great sound & easy to use
    • Product does not work at all, doesn't make a sound, doesn't do a thing.
    • Felt cheaply made right out of the package and had a rattling sound the entire time it was playing g music.
    • The tape clicks loudly when in use and sometimes when I plug it in I get an extremely loud and jarring screeching sound that is very unpleasant
    • However, the clicking sound that it makes when it is turning in the cassette player is so distracting that it drowns out many songs unless they are turned up to a high volume
    • The sound would actually be fantastic if it weren't for the horrible, loud clicking that you get along with your music
    • This one has perpetual static and the take makes a loud clicking sound constantly
    • There is no noise or hissing sound
    • wont stop making loud clicking sound that is really annoying
    • Sometimes it's fussy and will go to 2 and the sound is bad, and it'll keep popping out in it's own, but if you keep messing with it enough it'll work
    • Hands down the sound is louder and clear with the ION ... but for just 8 Dollars this substitute INSTEN cassette does the job well...the only thing it isn't as nice sounding or as loud as the ION.
    • Surprisingly great quality sound for the price.
    • Clear sound.
    • The humming sound is gone (at least until I put the device from Monster back in the cassette), but this new device is no better, just a different problem.
    • If I move the head even a little when it's plugged into my phone, the sound will mess up.
    • Music sounds distorted
    • Poor quality sound, lots of crackling
    • No scratches or annoying sounds, works great
    • The sound only came out from certain channels and then after only a week of use the gears inside seized up so it won't work at all anymore.
    • Does the job, but it makes a weird sound when it's in the tape recorder without playing a song
    • Also, when it did work, it made a loud rattling/whirring sound, which I could mostly drown out with music playing
    • This works, but there is a weird clicking sound.
    • WARNING*****The spinning sound is absolutely and unbearably loud!My previous cassette adapter did not make any sound at all when in the cassette tray
    • The sound creates static and I know it's not the car because the radio stations sound great
    • This thing makes an atrocious clicking sound the entire time it's in the deck
    • Worked for a few weeks only, now the sound is unreliable.
    • The sound of the tape turning is horrible.
    • Makes a weird clicking sounds because of a loose part on the cassette.
    • This Cassette to AUX is cheaper and QUIETER (as in no loud clicking sounds) than all others I tried
    • Tape made a loud clicking sound.
    • I used to own the generic radio shack model and it worked without making the obnoxious clicking sound
    • It worked just fine for a while, then the audio jack began to fall apart and it's really difficult to angle it properly so that the sound comes out like normal
    • The sound is not clear and the volume is low.
    • Sound is decent on my powerful Lexus 2007 GS450H system.
    • Worked for a few weeks only, now the sound is unreliable.
    • When no music is playing it sometimes plays an annoying sound through speakers.
    • the sound is great
    • It makes this loud squeeling sound when playing in the car
    • But there was an annoying clicking sound going on and soon the headphone jack slowly stopped
    • It worked great, it had good sound, but unfortunately it wasn’t durable
    • It worked great, it had good sound, but unfortunately it wasn’t durable
    • Sound is great but the cassette itself creates an unbelievable amount of noise
    • The product works amazingly well, sound is very good and the mechanism works as advertised.
    • the sound is awful
    • lousy sound,pops crackles
    • Sound is very bad and not that loud
    • Sound is great
    • when it did work, there was a loud background sound.
    • Sounds is good and everything, but it makes a horrible sound and the only way to "
    • I didn't get good sound out of the speakers on the driver's side of the car that was isolated with this product.
    • The wire stopped working after less than 5 months of using , causing either no sound or static sound
    • Great sound but stopped working on Friday