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Audiophile LOD Cable for iPod

Apart from investing in Wadia's iPod transport, does anyone know of a quality cable that goes from the LOD or an Apple dock itself to XLR? Is this even a viable prospect?
marinuju
hellofidelity
77 posts
 
Do you mean analog XLR or digital XLR? In both cases, no, not that I'm aware of.

The best quality you can get from an iPod is getting a true digital output with the Wadia or Onkyo docks.

The iPad allows digital out with it's USB adaptor and it sounds extremely good.
marinuju OP
2 posts
 
I meant analog XLR. Why is a transport dock the best for iPod sound? Wouldn't procuring the signal from the iPod to a preamp be just as good, maybe better?
levy03
442 posts
 
because the ipod dac is not good. have had the 170i for a while now. can tell you ipod tunes sound *way* better using a good external dac. if you like your ipod and want to use it with your hifi gear....you need to bypass the ipods dac imho.

cheers
Lev
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