Re: Streaming Internet radio to home stereo
- From: Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:44:25 -0800
John Navas <spamfilter0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hath wroth:
>A friend currently plays Shoutcast radio music from a broadband Internet
>connection on a home audio system by means of a PC (running Winamp) with a
>long cable connected from the PC audio out jack to the home audio system.
>I'm looking for a low-cost solution to eliminate the cable using an existing
>802.11g Wi-Fi WPA-PSK network. 802.11g (not 802.11b) with WPA-PSK is a
>requirement.
>Have I missed anything less expensive?
Yes. Forget about using 802.11g for digitized audio and just use a
one way wireless link for "broadcasting" the audio from the PC sound
card. The easiest is to plug an FM transmitter into the line output
jack of the sound card. The other end is an FM tuner set to an empty
channel. Something like this.
http://www.usr.com/products/device/p-device-product.asp?sku=USR6003
http://www.arkon.com/fmtransmitter.php
I've also been tinkering with Bluetooth 2.0 for broadcasting stereo.
It works well to a compatible headset, but I can't find a cheap
dedicated receiver with conventional phono connectors that would fit
into a hi-fi. These are a bit expensive, but methinks worth
considering:
http://www.xterasys.com/bsr202.htm
http://www.abocom.com.tw/product_detail.php?id=310
http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000770069176/ (cute)
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=3124
There are others...
The nice part is that this method will allow a currently overprice
Bluetooth stereo headset to play the music without involving the
hi-fi.
Incidentally, Bluetooth 1.2 Class 2 will also work.
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