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Originally Posted by YoungClayB
Also keep in mind that this comparison was done based on a 5.5 G iMod with the v-cap dock, which was reported to sound better than the 5.5G iMod with the regular iMod dock, which was reported to sound better than the 4G iMods.
Based on this, I wonder how the 6G line out stacks up against a 4G iMod.
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I don't know where you got that from... IIRC, Vinnie said that only the V-cap imod sounds better than the 4g imod; otherwise, he preferred the 4g Wolfson DAC to the 5G's DAC - originally (before ALO), Vinnie told me he wouldn't mod the 5G's b/c its DAC was inferior to the 4G DAC.
FWIW, I recently picked up the 4G imod via ebay (-> Vinnie direct -> me), and although I'm liking it a lot and have noticed improvements in SQ, the improvement wasn't the night and day I expected from reviews here on head-fi. the sound is definitely more refined (I can clearly distinguish b/w 320 and ALAC on 4G iMod, can barely distinguish b/w same on 5g line out), and tonality is fuller and more complete (impressions directly from line out, nothing in between headphones and imod).
Vin, what do you say about 6g line out compared w/4g imod?
Cheers!