A Doorway Open Wide...

[Trapezium Artist]

I have an iPod input jack in my car, though I don't use it much as it sounds like crap compared to my CDs.

Me too, but actually I'd say it sounds pretty good, or at least as good as the sound from a CD in the same player. I mean, why wouldn't it? It's just using the same amplifier and speakers.

Admittedly, I don't swan around in a super-dooper sound system BMW like Jem: having lived in Germany for a long time, I long since learned to associate them with an ancient Jenny Lecoat line that a car is just a prick with a dashboard   )

Nope, I drive a Citroen C1 so the sound is well, functional, shall we say. But then again, it is black and does have diplomatic license plates, so ...  

[gr8gonzo]

iPod stuff in my car sounds like someone's trying to off the band with a pillow. that, and whereas a volume level of 15 is sufficient for reasonable listening and 25 does nicely for rocking out, 35-40 is necessary to achieve acceptable volume out of the iPod jack. If you think otherwise, then you don't know iPod jack.

[Trapezium Artist]

Well, I agree that you need to pump the volume a bit, but between the volume control output of the iPhone and of my radio/CD player, it's acceptable.

You could always buy a small, battery powered pre-amp to go in the line: plenty of those around.

[gr8gonzo]

It doesn't annoy me enough to invest in accessories.

[Jem]

It doesn't annoy me enough to invest in accessories.

:lol:  :lol:

[Trapezium Artist]

It doesn't annoy me enough to invest in accessories.

:lol:  :lol:

I presume that that's the manic laughter of a gear-head sociopath, whose fingers are never far from the eBay, Amazon, and Synthyporn bookmarks on his browser