{"id":31599,"date":"2018-04-12T07:13:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T11:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31599"},"modified":"2018-04-12T07:13:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T11:13:55","slug":"blackloud-soundot-af1-earphones-offer-fm-reception-for-iphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/blackloud-soundot-af1-earphones-offer-fm-reception-for-iphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackloud SounDot AF1 earphones offer FM reception for iPhones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Richard Langley, who shares this article from Radio World<\/a>. Here’s an excerpt:<\/p>\n

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Headsets Deliver FM to Mobile Devices, No Chip or Internet Required<\/h2>\n

[The\u00a0BLACKLOUD SOUNDOT AF1] headsets are nothing like the ones you might remember from your first Sony Walkman. According to information provided by Blackloud, SounDots feature patented psychoacoustic technology, a six-band customizable graphic equalizer, 3D stereo effect, dual dynamic driver design, inline microphone, and a control box with a volume up (+), volume down (\u2013) and multifunction (pause\/play) button. This multifunction button enables many actions depending on the app that is running, including: answer\/hang up a phone\/video call, start\/stop recording or playback using most any audio\/video\/camera app, enable\/disable\/seek up\/down the FM tuner, and lastly, activate Siri or Google Assistant.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full article at Radio World.<\/a><\/p>\n

Richard notes that we’ve posted articles in the past<\/a> focusing on the fact that iPhones (and a number of Android phone models) do not have or allow user access to a built-in FM reception chip.<\/p>\n

Richard sees the new Blackloud SounDot AF1 earphones as an elegant work-around and has pre-ordered a set<\/a>. If these earphones live up to their specs, they should sound fantastic.<\/p>\n

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Richard, I hope you’ll post a review after you put them into service! Thanks for the tip!<\/p>\n

Click here to view the SOUNDOT AF1 ordering page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares this article from Radio World. Here’s an excerpt: Headsets Deliver FM to Mobile Devices, No Chip or Internet Required [The\u00a0BLACKLOUD SOUNDOT AF1] headsets are nothing like the ones you might remember from your first Sony Walkman. According to information provided by Blackloud, SounDots feature patented […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3781,836,3,26],"tags":[6972,2842,1384,1420,6590,634,3516,6971],"class_list":["post-31599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","tag-blackloud-soundot-af1","tag-earphones","tag-fm-radio","tag-iphone","tag-iphone-fm-radio","tag-radio-world","tag-richard-langley","tag-soundot-af1"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8dF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27304,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/richards-initial-impressions-of-the-sony-xdr-s41d-fmdab-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":31599,"position":0},"title":"Richard’s initial impressions of the Sony XDR-S41D FM\/DAB receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"July 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who recently attended a conference in Paris and picked up a\u00a0Sony XDR-S41D. 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