I’ve seen a lot of products come and go at work, but I don’t think I’ve seen one yet with such mass appeal as the VRFM9.

The VRFM9 is a sleek little FM modulator that plugs into your 12 volt power provider in your car (aka cigarette lighter). It has 1/8 inch audio inputs for your iPod or any other audio output device like a DVD player, laptop, etc. The thing that sets this modulator apart from the rest is that it has both an SD card slot and a USB port. You can plug in any memory drive (USB flash drive, SD cards, etc.) and the modulator works as both an MP3 player and an FM transmitter. As long as you have WMAs or MP3s saved on your storage device, the transmitter will play those files over an FM frequency that you select.

We’ve had many an FM transmitter come and go, and they usually just get better and better. The VRFM9, made by VR3 is as good as its gotten so far. Here’s a bit of a consumer test review performed by us at Sewell:

The Thumbdrive DJ was the first FM transmitter that was successful at Sewell, mainly because of its appearance in PCWorld Magazine with a direct link to the product page. The transmitters we sell have come a long way (including the VRFM8 which doesn’t have the SD slot and costs less>.

We performed an in-house quality test of the modulator and it outperformed the other 4 modulators that we carry in sound quality. We have also had nearly zero returns for the product.