I recently purchased a 160gb iPod Classic from amazon.com. As they are discontinued, there are some price breaks ($279 for silver one). I did transcode my entire FLAC collection to ALAC (using iTunesEncode and Foobar2000). It drives me crazy that this has to be done, but there seemed to be no other choice. I have it connected to the B&O system in my Audi A5, and it is a pretty great source (esp. compared to the wretched Sirius radio!).
I did wonder if going lossless was really worth it. However, given I had to transcode anyway, I figured why not. It's true that the iPod DAC is so-so, but I am very interested in trying out the Wadia 170 iTransport, which somehow gets digital-out from an iPod (not that it would replace my Transporter). My real dream is that a high-end headphone amp company like Headroom or iQube will make a portable, integrated DAC/amp that also somehow accessed an IPod digital out signal. Then the lossless ALAC files would be the only way to go. muski -- muski Transporter via XLR->Bryston BP26DA->Bryston 4B SST->Wilson Watt Puppy 7s Transporter via XLR->Headroom Max Balanced Headphone Amp->Balanced AKG701s ------------------------------------------------------------------------ muski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3670 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53176 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
