Belkin FM Transmitter vs. Griffin iTrip!!

[Stecchino]

Best solution:
Get a car stereo with an aux input.

You won't be disappointed. The sound quality is limited only by your speakers and the quality of the MP3

That would be sweet.

 

[FelixDerKater]

I bought one of the little transmitters a little over a year ago. It is a 5-channel model. If I'm not mistaken, it is a Belkin. The thing looks like on of those little USB flash card readers. I'll have to look and see what it is called when I head to work. So far, it has worked nearly perfectly in many places. In some of the bigger cities with broadcasts in the 88.1-88.9, it may not function as well.

 

[½win½lin]

My friend has both and the Belkin wins hands down, the iTrip was absolute rubbish, getting a clear signal was a nigh on impossible - even his dad won't take the iTrip off his hands.

That said, neither lived up to expectations though - a last resort solution only.

 

[Littleodie914]

Hmm...

I was in the Apple store yesterday and interested in buying iTrip, but it only works on the iPod! I am roadtripping with a friend and we will have two laptops as well as my iPod, so I would like input from laptops occasionally too through audio out. Since iTrip doesn't support this, can anyone recommend a good FM transmitter for around the same price? This Griffin one from Target sounds pretty crappy.

Hmm... That's a good question. Yea, the Belkin was very disappointing, so I certainly wouldn't recommend that... The iTrip and the Belkin's are the only ones that I know of... I've also heard of things called FM Modulators, but I haven't studied up on them. I got an e-mail from Apple yesterday saying they shipped my iTrip, so I should get it tomorrow. When it gets here, I'll let everyone know how it compares with the Belkin. If the iTrip is also static-ey, then perhaps the Belkin really is a good transmitter, and I'm just in a bad area. Until I know more, stay away from the Belkin, and keep searching. (You COULD get a stereo that has one of those line-in things, or if your stereo has a tape deck, you could buy a cassette thing (I don't know exactly what they're called.) that produces VERY nice sound.)

 

[Littleodie914]

*Update!! What you've been waiting for!*

Woo hoo! My iTrip JUST arrived at my door 15 minutes ago, and I'm going to say right up front that this iTrip makes me VERY happy! It is a HUGE improvement over the Belkin. Before, I couldn't get 5 feet away from my stereo, and even then there was static. With the iTrip, I can take it into the other room, crank the stereo, and listen to my music throuought the house with a very small amount of static. (And remember, this is a long ways away!) When I'm in the same room, the sound quality is amazing. Yes, I would go so far as to compare it to the sound you'd experience when using a cassette adapter. Thank you Griffin Technologies for a great product, and thank you everyone who has posted with info concerning this neat little product!