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Title: Looking for a small FM radio with line outs
Post by: JD on March 11, 2009, 12:31:55 PM
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?
Title: Re: Looking for a small FM radio with line outs
Post by: DisturbedPyro on March 11, 2009, 01:16:04 PM
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
Title: Re: Looking for a small FM radio with line outs
Post by: eric.B on March 11, 2009, 02:54:24 PM
I have this one.. although in black..

http://www.amazon.com/Grundig-S350-AM-Shortwave-Radio/dp/B0000952XU (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....
Title: Re: Looking for a small FM radio with line outs
Post by: JD on March 12, 2009, 12:59:11 AM
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?
Title: Re: Looking for a small FM radio with line outs
Post by: Will_S on March 12, 2009, 01:13:51 AM
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.   :(
Title: Re: Looking for a small FM radio with line outs
Post by: sunjan on March 12, 2009, 07:07:58 AM
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?!
Title: Re: Looking for a small FM radio with line outs
Post by: dgodwin on March 13, 2009, 01:07:02 AM
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.