Just to clarify, the Wadia 170 is only good for outputting the signal of an ipod digital to a DAC.
I have one and it works good. It works better with the newer ipods. I have a classic 120 that I just got and the screen shows and you can control all functions while it's docked. My older 80GB ipod, you have to play what you want and then dock it and you can't control it or see anything but the Wadia symbol on the screen while it's playing. If you want to switch to something else for instance you have to take it off the dock, select what you want, hit play and then re-dock it. I've also had trouble using it with my iphone, where it will stop playing and give me a message that this accessory was not intended for use with iphone.
The good news is, that it sounds great. I think the files played from my ipod into a Zahallou DAC sound better than the same CD played on a Rotel CD player and outputted digital to the Zahallou DAC.
I have one and it works good. It works better with the newer ipods. I have a classic 120 that I just got and the screen shows and you can control all functions while it's docked. My older 80GB ipod, you have to play what you want and then dock it and you can't control it or see anything but the Wadia symbol on the screen while it's playing. If you want to switch to something else for instance you have to take it off the dock, select what you want, hit play and then re-dock it. I've also had trouble using it with my iphone, where it will stop playing and give me a message that this accessory was not intended for use with iphone.
The good news is, that it sounds great. I think the files played from my ipod into a Zahallou DAC sound better than the same CD played on a Rotel CD player and outputted digital to the Zahallou DAC.