Reviews for Monster iCarPlay Cassette 800 for iPhone and iPod

I had an earlier version of this product and like many others noted, the sound quality and "clicking" sound was awful. I was reluctant to try this updated product by Monster given the still mixed reviews, but I'm so glad I did.

This works amazingly well. The sound quality is fantastic, the volume levels are greatly improved, and there is no clicking whatsoever. I would highly recommend the iCarPlay!

67 of 69 people found this useful

I've got a 10 year old car with only a cassette tape player. This was exactly what I needed to be able to play music from my iPhone 3G. I also tested it with my husband's iPod nano and it works. The sound quality is good, but please note it will vary depending on how good or bad your car stereo is. Also, I noticed that the quality of the mp3 file makes a difference. For music you burned from the CDs, the difference between the smaller lower quality files vs. the larger high quality files is more noticeable on the car stereo than when you listen with ear phones.

53 of 53 people found this useful

Even though there are quite a few mixed reviews on this product, I decided to order it anyways because I am very familiar with Monster's products and have yet to be disappointed with any of them. The only disappointing thing with my car is that there is no auxiliary input in the Bose system so I had to either go with a FM modulator or a cassette adapter for my iPhone. I decided to go the adapter route because it was much cheaper, and everyone I know who has an FM modulator hates it for some reason or another. I am VERY impressed with the sound from the Monster cassette converter. Its crystal clear and has a great sounding bass. The only advice I would give to people is to turn the volume up on the iPhone/iPod itself. This way you don't have to crank up your stereo so much and will get virtually no feedback or buzzing this way.

52 of 52 people found this useful

Audio is nice and clear for this type of adapter, very pleased with how good the ipod sounds in my Honda CR-V. Well worth the money. Good bass and clear highs- slightly lower audio level than other sources but not a big issue.

44 of 46 people found this useful

Sounds really good and plays clearly through my radio cassette player.

40 of 41 people found this useful

I have used 6 different cassette adapters over the course of two years and the Sony cassette adapter was the only one that actually sounded good. The rest had buzzing noises or sounded too loud with very limited bass. But Monster really knew how to build this one great. The sound is great and it has great bass too. In some songs you do get the occasional buzzing noise although its not loud. But thats because their an uneven balance between the cars volume and my iphone 3g. In the instructional booklet they mention how to solve this. But with out balancing the cars volume, the overall sound quality blows the doors over the rest of my cassette collection i have compiled over the years. This product is definitely worth the 24 dollar investment.

27 of 28 people found this useful

I am very particular when it comes to hearing music and so far this product has not disappointed me. I have been using this product for last 6 months with my Bose speaker system on my Audi and it sounds great.One trick worth try if you hear hussy sounds is to keep your IPOD volume locked to maximum and have the car stereo speakers volume as low as possible.

16 of 16 people found this useful

My daughter has this for her Audi and i thought it sounded OK. I had a FM modulator and it sounded ok,but was a pain because go around a curve and another radio station interrupted. I had seen and bought the Monster iCarplay a few months before I remembered to try it. The first time I used it in my Volvo, I was blown away! I'll probably never buy another CD again! It has CD quality and now, I'm downloading music like crazy from iTunes and every time I get in the car I'm hooking up my iPhone 3GS. I love it and so far have had no problems (and neither has my daughter). I happy that Volvo still put tape players in their cars. Highly recommend

15 of 16 people found this useful

I had a 2003 Chevrolet Impala until a month a go in which I used this product every day. At first it worked fine and then it would pop out on me after a short time of play. I came back to this site and reread the reviews and found one where the buyer suggested reading the car manual. After doing this, I learned that for my car I had to turn the stereo off, push in the Aux button, and wait for the Ready light then I could put the tape in and connect my iPhone. After that, no issues. I just gave it to my daughter's boyfriend who drives a later model Ford Taurus and he just told me it keeps popping out on him. I guess the success of this player will be determined by your car's stereo, but I do recommend reading your car's owner's manual before completely giving up.

10 of 10 people found this useful