Update time!
Been a little MIA recently, summer exams and all that good stuff.
Now that's all over I decided how I really wanted to make my audio setup convenient.
The plan was always going to be a HRT iStreamer as an outboard DAC for my iDevice into my sound processor...but that didn't provide optical out, not something that was critical, but something I wanted to use given my sound processor had the provision for it.
So cue the device to solve all my needs and more.
About to go wifi and optical in the car. by
NeilllP, on Flickr
For anyone that's unaware, it's basically a wi-fi router with a few conveniences built in (audio streaming via Air Play and USB port sharing)
The unit itself runs of a kettle lead but ultimately runs of 3.5v dc so a usb charger along with a transistor will be needed.
Setting it up was easy enough and ended up with this...
In car wifi because optical out. by
NeilllP, on Flickr
Immediate thoughts are it's really stepped up the quality of the audio and has the convince of not needing to plug in any wires at all. Not really had a chance to hit the road with it fitted yet but so far everything looks promising.
Also credit where it's due, the idea was taken from Mighty Car Mods who took the idea from Ben Novakovic, Twitter's sound guy.
http://blog.bmn.name/2013/06/airplay-enabled-car/