quality of sound for MP3 player in car?

Question

I bought a Sandisk Sansa MP3 player (looks almost like Nano) during the summer. I was very excited to put it in my car with the FM modulator. Well, it sounded like crap, and I returned that thing ASAP. My sound system is worth $2,000 and it pissed me off that the sound sucked. What makes it sound good? Is the quality ever the same as satellite radio? What am I doing wrong? Are the Ipods any better. Does it matter what brand or is it the connectivity that is the problem?

Answer 1

the quality of the connection often depends on the accuracy of the FM tuner. if you want the best possible sound, get either a nice, expensive one, or use a tuner with a dial so you can make silght variations of the channel (this often results inwell playing music)

Answer 2

Did you use an FM modulator or FM Transmitter?

I found this one to work quite well...

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-9oDEWuNVIo6/cgi-bin/prodview.asp?i=142FMMOD01