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Blue Tango Classic Bluetooth MP3 Player Reviewed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-play-with dept.

VL writes "Looking to broadcast your tunes around the house? We look at a product that does that without the hassles of wires. The theory behind this sound card is very interesting, that of wireless audio from a computer to a speaker system in another room. The downside to this is that it is a class II Bluetooth device, which suffers from short range for the signal, 12' isn't really that great for a wireless device."

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  1. Fair Use? by Sparr0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    12 feet seems like fair use. Lots of people use FM transmitters in their car to do that. How far is copyright infringement? If you broadcast your music 200 feet are you still ok? 20000?

  2. You mean by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Informative

    Looking to broadcast your tunes around the house? We look at a product that does that without the hassles of wires

    Like an FM transmitter?

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  3. Airport Express? by AnnualSparrow · · Score: 2, Informative

    Odd that TFA doesn't mention Apple's Airport Express, which has been doing something like this for a year or so. It's wifi, so the range is good, and it'll connect to a stereo with digital-optical or analog inputs. You don't have to replace your soundcard, either.

    But you do have to use iTunes. Anyone managed to send audio to an Airport Express from an open-source application, yet?

    1. Re:Airport Express? by generic-man · · Score: 2, Informative

      http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/

      Airfoil lets you stream to an Airport Express from any Mac OS X application. Sadly it's not open source -- it's $25 shareware -- but it does sidestep the need for you to use iTunes for everything.

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    2. Re:Airport Express? by electrichamster · · Score: 3, Informative

      http://raop-play.sourceforge.net/ or http://nanocrew.net/?page_id=115

  4. Re:Bleh. Just use your... by e2d2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    From the ITrip website:

    Operating range: 10-30 feet, depending on the quality of the FM radio receiver (limited by FCC regulations)

  5. Re:bluetooth headset? by thatcrazykid · · Score: 2, Informative

    Check out the Icombi AH10. It's a Bluetooth headset capable of receiving audio streams and includes remote control buttons on one of the earpieces. They also have some transmitters for iPods and other devices.