Ultimate iPod dock

zingo
zingo Posts: 11,258
edited December 2007 in Electronics
Feast your eyes on this:

http://www.amazon.com/Roth-Audio-Music-Cocoon-MC4/dp/B000TK1SFM/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1197477592&sr=1-17

I was seriously thinking about buying one, but I just can't get past the price.
Jake
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  • jwhitakr
    jwhitakr Posts: 568
    edited December 2007
    Krell was working on a $1,200 iPod dock. Not sure if it available to the public yet or not, but it looked pretty nice when they debuted it earlier this year at one of the electronics shows.

    I don't see the point in spending that much money to play MP3s through your iPod, but then again I don't have gobs and gobs of disposable income either.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited December 2007
    jwhitakr wrote: »
    I don't see the point in spending that much money to play MP3s through your iPod, but then again I don't have gobs and gobs of disposable income either.

    I know it may sound weird and outlandish to some of the older members of this forum, but I (and others) have been seeing audio success by running lossless songs off of an ipod dock and through a hifi system.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited December 2007
    A little more expensive than the Roth...

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    http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=FAIT252
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2007
    The IPOD sound is short of amazing using Apple lossless IMHO.

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  • Pwrmx24
    Pwrmx24 Posts: 26
    edited December 2007
    Isn't there a dock that has a digital audio out so you can let the pre/pro do the decoding for you? I would think that would be mich better than outputing the signal through RCA or a mini.

    Know of any laptop PCMI cards that offer a digital out?
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited December 2007
    Here's a bit cheaper solution (if you can find an ST-70 in decent shape, usually +/- $400) that we use in our home gym to drive a pair of SDA 2Bs.

    Needs no preamp and sounds stunning.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2007
    Pwrmx24 wrote: »
    Know of any laptop PCMI cards that offer a digital out?
    They may exist, but I'm not familiar with them.
    You can also get a external card via USB with a optical and/or coax out.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited December 2007
    Supposedly, this dock uses the iPod music digitally:
    http://www.hometheatermag.com/ipodaccessories/106monitor/
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  • lanion
    lanion Posts: 843
    edited December 2007
    DACs with USB are becoming more common. Makes any cheap laptop into a nice audio system using apple lossless or .wav ripping. Even iTunes plus sounds really good -- $10 for a 256kb/sec album without any DRM is not a bad deal
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2007
    Pwrmx24 wrote: »
    Isn't there a dock that has a digital audio out so you can let the pre/pro do the decoding for you? I would think that would be mich better than outputing the signal through RCA or a mini.

    Know of any laptop PCMI cards that offer a digital out?


    I don't believe there's any digital output from the IPOD just analog audio, S-Video, and Composite video pins.

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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited December 2007
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    I don't believe there's any digital output from the IPOD just analog audio, S-Video, and Composite video pins.

    You are correct.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited December 2007
    This is the one I would consider

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