Hasta La Gadget!

Belkin has unveiled the Bluetooth Music Receiver, a gadget that lets you stream music tracks wirelessly from an iPhone or iPod touch through a home stereo system.

Basically, it’s a little wireless puck (pictured). The new receiver works up to 33 feet away, pairs with up to six devices
(though only connects to one at a time), and comes with standard-size
3.5mm-to-RCA and 3.5mm-to-3.5mm cables in the box. It’s available now
for $49.99.

Since it’s over stereo Bluetooth, music tracks should sound *somewhat* better than an FM transmitter. If anything, there won’t be any static, and you’ll have a slightly wider frequency range.

But it won’t be audiophile quality: you still need a dock or other direct connection for that, at least until we see a new Bluetooth 3.0 spec. Actually, scratch that–Bluetooth 3.0 is already out, at least in spec form, and it does nothing to improve stereo audio quality. Oh well.