for a couple of bucks you can get a mini to rca cable and plug the ipod directly into any input (other than phono) on your cambridge. you'll be using the internal dac in the ipod, but it'll sound as good as listening to the ipod directly and she should be happy.
840C as a DAC. What do I need
So my wife is bugging me to figure out a way for her to play her iPod through the hifi. I have a Cambridge 840C CDP that can be used as a DAC but I believe i need some sort of additional piece between there. Cheap and half decent is the goal here. I was thinking about something like the Sonos. Anyone have any thoughts here?
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Get one of these and plug it in to one of your amp's unused inputs. Not the phono input, as stated above. If your intention is to have an easy way for your wife to listen to her ipod on your system, this is it. |
Here's one option: HRT recently released the istreamer, which is a small DAC that accesses the ipod's internal digital files and bypasses the ipod's own DAC. The istreamer coverts the files to 16-bit at 32, 44.1 or 48kHz: http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HRTIST I have HRT's Music Streamer II+, and use it with my laptop's itunes running into my dining room integrated amp. The result sounds very good, especially for the kind of casual listening we use this system for (while cooking, eating etc). |
Hi Grimace, I just read your follow up post. Indeed it is easier to get good sound out of your computer than an ipod, that's what I do with the HRT Music Streamer II+ and my laptop. Does the 840C accept USB inputs? If not, you will need a USB To SPDIF Converter (assuming that your computer doesn't have a SPDIF output), such as Musical Fidelity's V-Link: http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MFVLINK |
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