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natesneat2000
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 Posted - 08/18/2004 : 3:31:46 PM
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| Of the 5 people in my family, 3 have mini iPod + iTrip. The range is respectable; around 10 feet it starts getting bad. However, the quality doesn't sound too good (at any distance)... any comparisons? A lot of it depends on the volume setting, which is potentially dangerous to change in a car... I understand you don't have this duty with a Neuros. |
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Chameleon
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Posted - 08/18/2004 : 4:53:02 PM
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The Neuros' typical range is 20 feet, after that it breaks up and doesn't sound good. Depends a bit on weather and ambient humidity, too.
I understand that the iTrip has you load a special playlist with pre-configured frequencies you can broadcast to?
The Neuros allows you to select any frequency within the range allowable by the hardware (91.1-104.9FM for Neuros I, more for Neuros II), currently only the Odd frequencies in 2 MHz steps, conforming to the North American market*.
The Neuros allows you to select Stereo or Mono broadcasting and to adjust the output gain. Both of which adjust the quality and performance of the signal.
*There are a couple open enhancement requests to modify this:
Even frequency support for MyFi & FM Radio
Frequency granularity of 0.05 MHz
-- 'I switched to Vorbis and saved a bunch on my hard-disk space!' |
Edited by - Chameleon on 08/18/2004 4:58:01 PM |
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alecm
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Posted - 08/18/2004 : 4:58:58 PM
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Originally posted by natesneat2000
Of the 5 people in my family, 3 have mini iPod + iTrip. The range is respectable; around 10 feet it starts getting bad. However, the quality doesn't sound too good (at any distance)... any comparisons? A lot of it depends on the volume setting, which is potentially dangerous to change in a car... I understand you don't have this duty with a Neuros.
Switching stations with iTrip is a serious pain compared to the Neuros, and the signal strength/quality has always seemed a little weaker (that's with the old Neuros I, I'm sure the Neuros II is vastly superior). The one advantage of the iTrip is that it is apparently very easy to modify to increase the output (though it's not too hard on the neuros, it's a bigger commitment to void your warranty on/potentially damage your player than it is a cheapish standalone transmitter). |
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Lou Erickson
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Posted - 08/19/2004 : 2:28:29 PM
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There's also the convienence factor. With an iTrip, you have another block to plug in, another thing to carry about, another set of batteries to die.
None of these things are horrible terrible things, mind you, but the Neuros' transmitter is built in and always there and handy.
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alecm
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Posted - 08/19/2004 : 2:35:21 PM
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Originally posted by Lou Erickson
There's also the convienence factor. With an iTrip, you have another block to plug in, another thing to carry about, another set of batteries to die.
None of these things are horrible terrible things, mind you, but the Neuros' transmitter is built in and always there and handy.
Also, once it's plugged in it doesn't tend to stay in very well (at least with the 2nd gen iPods, tat may have changed with newer models). Though the iTrip actually runs off of the iPod power, so extra batteries are not an issue. The other aftermarket FM transmitters, which are easier to change stations on, and stay in better, do need separate battery. |
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natesneat2000
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Posted - 08/19/2004 : 4:48:29 PM
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| The iTrip stays in great on the iPod mini, actually. However, should you wish to switch to headphones, you have to take it out and put it somewhere... inconvienent. |
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ClusterOne
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Posted - 09/07/2004 : 09:35:13 AM
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this topic is long dead, but I thought I'd add my thoughts.
My buddy has a 3rd Gen ipod and iTrip. I have a Neuros I 20 gig.
On a trip to the beach not long ago, there were 5 of us piled in my car and we both had our devices. We spent the first hour listening to the Neuros via MyFi -- had to change station only once through the entire trip (we were leaving the Philadelphia area and the stations were all changing). It took about 10 seconds. Pause song, go through stations to find a weak one, change MyFi freq. to match, unpause. On the way back my buddy decided we should listen to his ipod instead through his itrip. It took him about 10 minutes to even find a station that the itrip would broadcast decently through (this due to it being incredibly painful to change broadcast frequencies through the itrip -- etc). When he finally found one that worked ok, we listened for about 5-10 minutes before it started to lose clarity and he had to switch it. The soft blue light of the ipod is actually rather annoying to read in the dark, at least for me -- and apparently, for him, because he had to keep turning my dome light on and off and fiddling around trying to find something that worked.
He never did find another station, because after another 10 minutes of static, faint signals, and my dome light going on and off about 20 times, the people in the back just asked if we could put the Neuros back on.
Hand to God, he didn't say another word the entire ride, he was so pissed off :)
A small but important victory for digital innovations, the Neuros, and ClusterOne ;)
here I is. |
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