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I've been seeing these little FM transmitter gadgets to play your mp3 player through an FM radio for a while and had thought. It might be cool to plug one into a send on my mixer and listen to mixes on a little cheap radio. Has anyone played with one of these?
JJ

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I use one in the car to listen to podcasts. It's a Belkin, that will use all FM frequencies, not just the four that some offer. an ebay steal for about $7. yeah it was used but it works, and has the ac adapter, which is key.

TheVoiceOfBob · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject:

It is a quick and dirty way to listen to your Ipod or MP3 device, but remember the quality is sub par. I have one of those Belkin devices myself. Just to play with now and then.
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Hart · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject:

JBarrett · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject:

I've got one of those Belkin units as well. Great for podcasts while commuting, as others have said. As for its use in the studio, Brian nailed it. I remember receiving that advice when I took an audio recording class as an elective in college. "Don't just listen to the mix in the studio. Drop it to tape or CD and play it in your car, on your boom box, everywhere!" It might point out something quirky in the mix that you weren't aware of when hearing it through the killer studio monitors.
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voicejones · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:58 am Post subject:

Yes that would be the point to grunge down the playback as to how most end users hear it. It's amazing the ability to create and capture incrdibly high quality sound and how many people listen on tiny ear buds, crappy tv speakers and noisy car radios.
JJ

TheVoiceOfBob · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject:

Sorry, I guess I did miss the point. I was thinking of the difference between listening to my satellite radio with the built-in FM modulator as opposed to direct line connection. Using the built-in FM is intolerable to me.

I do something similar to that test of my spots by converting it to an MP3 and then listening to it through my wireless network to my laptop PC's built in speakers. It is amazing what differences manifest themselves.
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