Looking for EZ way to do audio fr PC and IPOD

hrt has the istreamer dac for your ipod and a line musicstreamer dacs for your computer from 149 dollars up that have recieved good reviews. all you need is a usb cable and some rcas. there are other ways to go for a bit more money. wadia, cambridge,peachtree for the ipod and many others for the computer.

I've been using my iPod Touch and a Pure i-20 dock with a digital output. My digital cable is a 1.5m Atlas Opus but you don't have to spend that much. (For example, you could use the cheaper Atlas Compass or one of Joe Mazzaglia's excellent Auricle digital cables.) Just make sure the cable is 1.5 meters long, and run it from the Pure's coax out to the Cambridge coax in.

Verify at pure.com/us/ that your iPod is supported. If it is, this is how you will get the best possible sound (using 16/44 music files on your iPod) for the least money.

Using your computer as a source requires taking a USB output to the 740C's S/PDIF coax input, in most cases. If your computer has an S/PDIF output you're in luck, and some folks' computers also have an optical S/PDIF out, which will also work. If all you have is USB, though, you will need something to convert your USB signal to S/PDIF coax. A popular one at a medium price is the M2Tech HiFace, but you can pay less and also much more.

the pure i-20 won,t work with the 30 g.

Copy the files from the iPod that aren't on your PC and just use the PC. Most of them are already there if you only have 30GB on the iPod and have 15K files.

How far does the confuser sit from the stereo?

If more than a couple yards......I'd consider wireless streaming to an Apple TV or some such.
Because of the powerful SMPS in the computer, I'd keep it well away from sensitive electronics from which I wish good sound.

You'll like the DAC section of the 740c, if it doesn't mind any jitter from a digital source. Make sure your player has up-to-date ....what's it called....firmware?

my 840c doesn't like the digital output of my Airport Express....