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post #286 of 2490
12/20/07 at 10:54am
Hey would you guys recommend the 22uF or 47 uF capacitor?
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post #287 of 2490
12/20/07 at 12:03pm
need also to sold some resistors with each caps or just the caps are enough ?

Red Wine use 47uF
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post #288 of 2490
12/20/07 at 1:11pm
good thing I got some BGs in my stash bin I was planning on building another alien dac with them. It'll have to wait :P I'm enjoying the ESs in my alien dac now anyway. Nice over the silmics. Will open my nano next week
Also, the BGs fit really nicely in the dock connector.. I think I'm just going to bypass the current line out.

bobby: The caps alone are fine. you can always make a little cable with resistors in if you want to smooth things out, or to marginally improve bass on very low impedance cans.. but so marginally, so..
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post #289 of 2490
12/20/07 at 2:50pm
sorry, but how to route ground wires ? i kind of miss this step...thx !
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post #290 of 2490
12/20/07 at 2:56pm
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Originally Posted by iQEM View Post
sorry, but how to route ground wires ? i kind of miss this step...thx !
I believe there's no need for ground wires o_0?
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post #291 of 2490
12/20/07 at 3:06pm
no need ? really ?! then i off to go...
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post #292 of 2490
12/20/07 at 3:29pm
Thread Starter 
There's no need for ground wires inside the iPod but you will need the ground wires in your pigtail/dock connector.
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post #293 of 2490
12/20/07 at 3:30pm
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no need ? really ?! then i off to go...
You need ground wires. I did not ground at first which resulted in a weird noise in the music. Look at my pic of the dock pins. The red wire is soldered to what I believe is the headphone jack groubd.
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post #294 of 2490
12/20/07 at 3:46pm
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You need ground wires. I did not ground at first which resulted in a weird noise in the music. Look at my pic of the dock pins. The red wire is soldered to what I believe is the headphone jack groubd.
Victim number 3

I also forgot to mention that my last final turned out much better than I expected, so eventually I'll get around to updating a whole bunch of stuff I've been meaning to. The Vitamin Qs haven't arrived yet, but a whole whack of other stuff I purchased before the holiday shutdown got in over the week. I'm excited to fire up the iron again. That'll probably be my Friday afternoon.

What amp are you planning on using your diyMod nano with, CAvanessia?
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post #295 of 2490
12/20/07 at 3:50pm
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There's no need for ground wires inside the iPod but you will need the ground wires in your pigtail/dock connector (HP jack in CAvanessia's case).
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You need ground wires. I did not ground at first which resulted in a weird noise in the music. Look at my pic of the dock pins. The red wire is soldered to what I believe is the headphone jack groubd.
CAvanessia, this is what you did. It does kinda get confusing!
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post #296 of 2490
12/20/07 at 3:54pm
Jon, I have a zune apart now (I guess it is a bit off topic), and im debating on whether or not to attempt it?!? It uses the same DAC as the ipod 5G. hmmmmm
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post #297 of 2490
12/20/07 at 3:56pm
from this one ?



now i'm confused...
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post #298 of 2490
12/20/07 at 4:08pm
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from this one ?



now i'm confused...
Yeah, the red wire (going to the new headphone ground) is grounded to the ipods headphone-jack ground.
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post #299 of 2490
12/20/07 at 4:18pm
so how did i do that if i plan to using dock connector ? which pin should i use to ground ? base on Apple iPod dock interface pinout and signals @ pinouts.ru should i use pin 1 or 2 ?
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post #300 of 2490
12/20/07 at 4:25pm
You would use pin 2.
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Apple 30 GB iPod with Video Playback Black (5th Generation)
$509.22 at
See it »
iPod Nano Headset Music Player
$11.24 at
See it »
Apple iPod classic 160 GB Black (6th Generation) OLD MODEL
$309.99 at
See it »
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