For 5 hours of Routes 7, 22A, and 22 and then the Taconic Parkway from Burlington to the city, the iPod cassette adapter by Sony gets the MVP award. The Phish album A Live One sounded fantastic, taking full advantage of the car stereo system with no hiss or distortion. (What could be more appropriate for a drive through the Green Mountain State?)

Aren't all cassette adapters the same? No. A year ago I got the Xtreme Mac adapter, and the sound in the same car was awful. I highly recommend the Sony along with the Belkin charger.