Comments on: Wireless iPod streaming

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:16:01 +0000

I just bought it so I could change the music on ipod while laying by the pool. The range is not great. If you move it you get a lot of static. If you pick it up to change the music you get static. The product needs work.

By: D Addison

D Addison — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:23:50 +0000

This is oooll for the price but I currently running my iPod through a sound system using a standard audio cable connected to a “direct box” on stage. It works but very limited for me to DJ through my Ipod however I trip over the cable while moving around the stage. Any thoughts on making an iPod connection truely wireless?

By: Chris Owens

Chris Owens — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:14:45 +0000

If you have a iPhone or iPod Touch, and a computer is close to your stereo, Remote Buddy (http://www.iospirit.com/) is an amazingly slick solution. (Not paid, just impressed by their product)

I agree that this wireless transmitter is a step in the wrong direction. I’m also amused by the marketing slant, that you get to use familiar iPod controls to control your stereo, when actually you’re just controlling the iPod as usual. Not to be discouraging though, it looks like a decent product and I’m sure that there are plenty of people that could solve some problems with it. It should really be about $30 (at the most) instead of $100 though.

By: perry

perry — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:50:54 +0000

how about streaming from your computer, AND using your WiFi-enabled iPod as a remote!

of, course, someone would need to build the widget….

By: Barry

Barry — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:01:00 +0000

I would have to agree, this is more clutter not less. A y cable works better, preserving the what little sound quality your ipod has. The wireless device is just another plug to worry about.

Streaming from you computer would be better.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:14:19 +0000

This device, while cool, does not do anything to help with cable clutter. Instead of getting rid of that cable you presently plug in to your ipod, you’re just swapping it out for another cable with a bigger thing on the end of it. And the base-station/receiving unit probably has its own power brick that goes with it. So now you’ve got one extra cable and a power brick. Then there’s the transmitter piece that clips on to the bottom of the ipod. That’s another piece of kit to keep track of and lose or misplace…and you have to remember to take it off your ipod and put it back with the base unit when you leave the house with your player.

Sure, it’s a cool thing with some interesting functionality, but for $100 you’re increasing clutter and complexity more than you’re decreasing it.

–M