Thank you for explaining it again. I finally understand what it does and what is needed. But since I have no other PC and no other stereo around the house with a line in I understand it would not work for me. so I would have to go with an FM transmitter.
Dean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 3:54 AM Subject: Re: airfoil | Airfoil has nothing whatever to do with FM radio as I think I've told this list about 90 thousand times already if you care to look at the archives you could probably do a count <smile>. | | I mentioned Airfoil and associated products and software due to the original discussion of FM transmitters, I used to use them but I went away from that route because I wanted clearer reception, I wanted the sound to sound as it should sound directly from a pair of speakers connected to an amp or whatever and this is why I'm using Airfoil. Now I'm sorry if I'm going to bore the pants off the majority of you by repeating myself again so I'll try and make it brief so you won't have to suffer too much misery. | | Firstly Airfoil has nothing whatever to do with bluetooth speakers as some list members seem to think for whatever reason. Airfoil is a tool which hijacks an application on your computer or an audio source on your computer - say Winamp as an application or the line in of a sound card being a physical sound source - and transmits that source over a home network so any device or computer capable of receiving that transmission or stream can decode it so you can hear it. | | The easiest way to receive anything from Airfoil is to use another computer and run the Airfoil Speakers software which will receive the transmission from Airfoil, if your computer has a digital out then you can connect this to a digital processor or surround-sound receiver and get that to decode the signal for you, very nice way of doing things because you get good quality sound and even surround-soud if your source has it. | | If you don't want to use a computer then you can use Airfoil Speakers on your Iphone or Ipod touch or you can purchase an Airport Express. Without going into too much detail yet again this little 3/3 inch box is in fact a network base station but it has an audio out jack which is both analogue and digital so you can of course put an Airport Express in another room and conceal it should you want to, you can then connect the Airport Express up to a radio with line in, again up to the digital input of a surround-sound receiver or digital processor and so on. | | I'm not having a go at FM transmitters but really, they have their limitations and problems and they just will not give good sound reproduction, well I have seen those that do but for the money you pay to get them? You'd be better doing a job properly and streaming your audio so you can listen to a good quality sound and Airfoil is one way of doing that. | | | On 17/01/2010, at 7:38 PM, Joe wrote: | | > Hi. A while ago airfoil was mentioned on this list. I looked at the web site and its my understanding you can't just send audio to any FM radio with it but you need another PC. and speakers to receive audio.What other hardware do you need. I know the airfoil software for windows costs $25 US. If that's so, comparing it to FM transmitters is like comparing apples and oranges. Am I correct? or can you indeed send audio to an FM radio with airfoil. Thanks. Joe. | > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: | > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org | | Dane Trethowan | grtd...@internode.on.net | | Mobile:/SMS +614571201 | Twitter: Http://www.twitter.com/grtdane | MSN: grtd...@dane-trethowan.net | skype: grtdane12 | | | | | To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: | pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
