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Apple Dock and Rockbox
h.finn:
Aha....
not at all.
Docks like the Arcam, or Onkyo, or Apple etc. actually have a Dac inside.
Wolfson Dac in the case of the Apple............
;)
saratoga:
--- Quote from: h.finn on February 10, 2011, 04:49:23 PM ---Docks like the Arcam, or Onkyo, or Apple etc. actually have a Dac inside.
--- End quote ---
If you're asking if you can use an external dac with your player, then no. You can only use line out docks.
h.finn:
Thanks again Saratoga.
.........well, my options (if I understand it right) to get good quality music from the iPod to my amp are:
1) a basic connector (first picture).
2) a good quality dock (second picture).
3) a good quality "digital" dock that takes the unfettered digital signal before passing it on via coaxial or digital + an external dac (third & fourth picture).
I would prefer to go for the second one, and therefore find a suitable decent dock which works with rockbox.
Thanks
;)
[Saint]:
I'm not sure why you want a dock at all...personally.
You already have a line out connector, and, that does exactly the same thing as a dock is going to do...
Except of course in the cases of the docks with built-in DACs, but isn't the whole point of using the line out to get access to raw sound output?
In my mind, feeding that into a DAC from the dock just defeats the purpose.
If you're going to be plugging straight into an amplifier, then seriously...your simple connector is fine, and the most versatile solution also.
I made myself a Line IN/OUT adapter (the pinout fot these iPods is well known and freely available) quite similar to the one you have pictured in your earlier post.
It allows me to switch between line in/out via a switch on the adapter itself, and has two 3.5mm stereo female sockets to handle the line connections.
I built that for approximately $15 (including cabling and chosen ends to terminate for my line in/out-to-3.5mm cables) with parts from my local electronics hobby-supply store, it fits in my pocket so I can take it with me anywhere.
At the moment the dock adapter had a ~2" 3.5mm male-to-6.35mm male cable running from my CF'd iPod Color to the personal amp velcro-taped to the back of the iPod.
A nice, affordable, versatile, and practical solution IMO.
[St.]
torne:
Docks which connect to the ipod as a "smart" device and have their own DAC will not work with Rockbox as we have no knowledge about the protocol this uses.
It would be extremely surprising if any line-out adapter, whether a dock or a simple cable, made any difference to the sound quality whatsoever. Line out is line out.
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