FM Transmitter

FM transmitters are... nice... but for me at least the sound quality is horrible and it sounds like you are listening to a regualr radio station which is pointless if i am in my car which you can plug the ipod/phone into for high quality sound

also they tend to break on me... A LOT... and they dont always reach my car attena

I used one (belkin) for awhile for my semi, as the deck had no input & the cd player was shot. It had reasonable sound quality but it had to be "just so".
Now I heard that the fcc started regulating how powerfull these can be after the sat radio ones were overpowering peoples radios in other vehicles. So im gonna find out if there is a good retail unit or a "hack" in which a person could up the tx strength

Ok boys n girls...found it:
http://www.wholehousefmtransmitter.com/

Now it is a little on the spendy side (100$ with a multitude of cool accessory's) but im sure you could find one on e-bay

EDIT: 70 bucks on ebay, and I found another company that makes 5w xmiters as well.
I could see this being cool in my little hometown of 8500 people and 17 miles of road end to end.....just fire that thing up on a open band and play a good playlist
= james pirate radio.....until the FCC shows up. But it would be in a tiny town in southeast alaska....so maybe no FCC involvement ever!! I could only imagine all the happy people with a new alternative to 3 boring jerk stations all the time

hmmm i think we should start a portable Impression radio station here

For any Subaru owners without a factory Aux Input check out www.jazzyengineering.com.  The site will tell you the specifics, but it works on cars with the 6 disk CD changer on selected Impreza, Outback and Forresters.  I have had this on my 2005 WRX for the last 3.5 years and it works like a charm.

Installation requires some technical knowledge, as you will have to remove the head unit from the dash and take the radio apart.  It took me about half an hour and works so much better than the FM Transmitter I had been using.

or you can get a cd player that has an aux input on the front