Music: the Best Part of a Drive Home

Music is bliss.  It’s that overwhelming feeling of reassurance when you’re feeling down.  It’s that overbearing tune stuck in the back of your mind, resulting in uncontrollable whistling.  Music is what keeps us sane in a world of car horns, missed appointments, and bad breakups.  It’s the key to our souls.  Now, imagine you’re sitting in your car at a stop light, wait, listen for it…nothing.  No music to take you away from your daily troubles, sometimes it’s understandable not listening to music.  You might have had a long day and want to enjoy some quiet, but most of the time our music soothes us.  In our blog today, we discuss the best options for music in your car.

iPod/Mp3 Player – If you have your favorite tunes locked in on your iPod/smartphone/Mp3 Player-a-majig and your car has an Auxiliary connection, (most cars after 2006 have them) then you’re in luck.  You can purchase an auxiliary cable online (eBay has them as low as 1$) plug it into the car and the other end into the headphone jack of your device.  Push play on your device and viola, HD music directly from your favorite jukebox.

Satellite Radio – satellite radio is commercial and static free, music is beamed directly from satellites in space.  Two big companies, XM and Sirius, have paid subscriptions with countless radio stations to choose from.  Music from all genres, sports, traffic, talk shows (Howard Stern) and weather are all included.  Purchasing the tuner for your car starts around $75 bucks, with a monthly subscription of around $15.   One drawback is that reception can be deterred in cities with skyscrapers, but purchasing an external antenna will fix the problem.

Car Audio w/Cassette Adapter – if you own an older car, don’t panic!  You can still play your mp3’s on the road.  By purchasing a cassette adapter, you can play your tunes via a headphone jack.  First, plug your cassette adapter into your player’s headphone jack.  Then, insert the dummy tape into your car’s cassette player.  With $20 dollars you can use your modern mp3 player to play your tunes, rock on!!