Post #2717757
2026-05-15 08:19 UTC
@lumiworx@mastodon.social @hellomiakoda@pdx.social
If your phone has no 3½mm jack socket then you could use a cheap USB C headphone adapter and plug the FM transmitter into that. The big downside is that, rather than charging the phone, this combination would discharge it.
I have a couple of Jade KA11 DACs. They're great for mid-range headphones, not quite good enough for a decent hifi, but more than good enough for feeding an FM transmitter and listening to it in the car. Cheapest place I found them was Ali Express. You don't need the Android app, and I haven't installed it.
(The reason I bought two is that my old KA1 fell apart after being repeatedly plugged and unplugged, and I wanted to prevent that from happening again. The KA11 doesn't have the same sound quality, but I needed something cheap in a hurry, and I can upgrade later.)
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@CppGuy@infosec.space 2026-05-15 08:36
@lumiworx@mastodon.social @hellomiakoda@pdx.social Honestly, if your car stereo is as low-end as you say then the #Apple #headphone adapter might be good enough. It would certainly be cheaper, and it would run cooler. On an Android phone at least, it seems to use the cheap and grotty #DAC that's built into the phone — yes, USB C carries analogue audio — but, for a cheap stereo in a noisy location, that might not matter. As before, you'd feed the output into an FM transmitter of your choice; there seem to be plenty on offer.