Topic: Looking for a small FM radio with line outs

[JD]

I'm in search of a small, battery powered radio with some kind of line-out jacks.
Must have good reception, decent sound quality, and the ability to mute the speakers while having the line-outs remain on.

Several festivals I record do an FM broadcast and for shits and giggles, I'm thinking of recording them with an extra recorder.


Any suggestions?

[DisturbedPyro]

no ideas for a radio but if youre looking to record off fm radio, the iriver h3xx (im not sure about the h1xx) can record from radio broadcasts. i know thats not what you initially asked for but it just popped into my mind since i have an iriver h320 and ive recorded off the radio before

[eric.B]

I have this one.. although in black..

http://www.amazon.com/Grundig-S350-AM-Shortwave-Radio/dp/B0000952XU

it's not small though and might not be what you are looking for.  A single set of D batts ran it for a whole weekend at greyfox to pick up their fm broadcast.  While only a few tapes turned out good (maybe because of our location AND the crappy weather), I'd try and use it again for something else....

[JD]

I have been eyeing up that grundig as well as the sony SW7600gr. Not many choices in battery powered radios with line outs.

At this point I am starting to have doubts about using walkman/ipod type units with only an earphone jack because it seems that they all have a preset EQ curve to make them sound good with earphones. Not sure how that would sound over speakers.

Any other suggestions?

[Will_S]

I have a Tivoli PAL which you'd think would be perfect (small, battery powered, line out), but I find the reception goes to hell when I hook something up to the line out.   

[sunjan]

no ideas for a radio but if youre looking to record off fm radio, the iriver h3xx (im not sure about the h1xx) can record from radio broadcasts.

The H1xx does this too. Perfect all-in-one solution, no need to fiddle with cables. And rockbox does digital auto-scan of all available frequencies.

But the Iriver reception is a bit sensitive if you're inside a building or Faraday cage (like car, subway, train etc). YMMV.

To be safe, maybe you rather look for a radio with a large external antenna, if you're taping from a weak local FM sender?!

[dgodwin]

check out http://www.woot.com/ for Grundig G4 World Recorder FM/AM/Shortwave Portable Radio with MP3 and SD Player ($99.99)  Not sure if it'll meet your needs though, but I thought of this thread when I saw it.