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3.5 stars
"Good device for Non-Audiophiles"
Pros: Easy to use, Suprizingly good audio from a FM Modulator
Cons: Highs in music are a little muddy, Drains battery quickly
Summary: When I bought a new car, and decided to give away my XM radio which I hard-wired to my radio and used for it and my Ipod listening in my car, I wanted to find a new solution for listening to my endless collection of music on my Ipod in my new car. After some searching around, I found the iTrip. Now, I was always a little leary of using a FM Modulator of ANY kind for listening to my Ipod for the fact that I knew that while I'd get decent stereo sound from it, that it would alway be plagued by problems from the evironment, such as static, competing radio waves, and it would never give me really good sound.
However, for the $40 price tag, it worked suprizingly well. While I can't attest to using it fully, with loading the software to access other radio stations from my Ipod, I found it that using it was very easy (just pop it on the top, tune to the station, and go) and that the sound quality again really suprized me.
However, being somewhat of an Audiophile, I tested it on my stereo reciever at home. I would play a song that I felt had a very dynamic range of sounds & frequencies with the iTrip first, and then play the same song by pluggin a "Y" cable into the headphone jack and then connecting it to an analog input on the reciever.
I found that while the sound was good with the iTrip in lower and mid frequencies, the frequencies that range along the 12k and up range were very muddy. (These frequencies that I am speaking of are those that give a kind of "shine" to a song.. like the "splash" of cymbals for example)
Needless to say, I wound up returning my iTrip, not because I found it horrible, but because I will be getting another XM radio hard-wired into my car soon, and will use that for my Ipod as well.
Bottom line, unless your ears are THAT sensitive, and you're a HARDCORE audiophile (you probably wouldn't be looking at this thing anyway).. I would strongly suggest the iTrip as a cost effective way of enjoying your digital music on the road.
Where to buy
Griffin iTrip FM transmitter for docking iPods:
$6.95 - $38.08
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Amazon.com Marketplace
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