All you need to do is turn on an FM receiver in your house. It is “natively” multi-room (even your neighbour can benefit)!
It is a little pricey in my opinon (120$), but I could not resist trying it out. Sound quality is pretty good - good enough for my use in a secondary system. It also has an additional line-in input.
Could come in handy in situations where you have music on a PC but no wifi/ethernet connection, and no USB DAC.
107.9 FM broadcasting Roon to my Sansui TU-217 tuner… Love it ! Simple and nice to look at (though I wish I had the TU-317 which has a lighted tuning dial). This tuner shines with a strong signal, which is the case when using the FM transmitter.
Nice, but pretty certain these things are illegal ( here in the UK anyway ) unless you have a license. Depends upon the power output I think, as you could buy low power versions of these for in car use with your iPod/phone before Bluetooth became widespread.
Pretty sure they are illegal here in France as well. As long as you set it to an unused frequency no one will complain and you can be certain you will be “under the radar”.
Not so sure. The first advert underneath the eBay item linked above is a service for tracking down RF interference!
Also, having 200mW of RF next to your computer may cause interference to its operation, not to mention your home network and your neighborhood FM reception. Indeed it is quite possible for the RF to get into your PC via the usb and turn your motherboard into a transmitter on all sorts of frequencies. There is a good reason these things are illegal!
I do not think my PC will start broadcasting ! The antenna on the device is there for a reason.
Where I live 107.9 is not used so I do not see how it could interfere with anything. Anyway, FM bands do not interfere with home wifi networks or cell phone networks - different bandwidths…
I actually live next door to a radio station, and not too far from the Eiffel Tower either (which is used to broadcast FM and TV signals - radio broadcasts started in 1910…). I get a really good FM signal in my house. There is a reason why audio/computer equipment and cables should be shielded, and I have never had an issue in my flat - if you live in an urban area you are surrounded by cell phone and wifi signals, in addition to TV and FM. It has never interfered with my system (audio or PC), but I make sure I get proper enclosures and use ferrite beads on all my cables.
Ok, I can see you won’t be convinced, but there is a good reason that decent transmitting equipment costs money. What sort of performance do you think a six dollar transmitter will have? I’m sure it will be well behaved and not broadcast garbage on adjacent frequencies…
Well it is easy to find out, all you need to do is play with your radio’s dial…
I did not use the 6$ ebay card, but the one in the first link.
I understand your concerns. All I am saying is that such a small transmitter is pretty harmless. Most home Wifi stations have similar output power. Decent transmitter equipment is not used for the same purpose.
No worries. I have seen some models with fixed frequencies (for car radios especially).
This solution should be used carefully. It may only interest a few people who like old vintage recievers (count me in). Giving these receivers a new life by streaming music from our modern day computers is pretty neat… Though purists may prefer sticking to real fm broadcasts!
