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iPod dock cable to USB Type B interconnect

post #1 of 10
10/28/10 at 9:35pm
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I have been searching all day for an iPod to USB type B interconnect and can't find this type of cable...do I just suck or is there an actual cable out there dodging my eyes? I'd be wanting to connect my iPod to my freshly bought Maverick Audio TubeMagic D1 DAC through the digital USB input in the rear. Heck, would it be smarter to find a iPod to Optical or Coaxial...is that even possible? Please help a lost guy out.

 

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post #2 of 10
10/29/10 at 7:32am
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I just emailed Ryan and Maverick Audio and he answered it for me.

 

 

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Unfortunately Apple uses it's own technology and you will not be able to connect it to the D1 directly via USB cable.
You can play your songs from itunes library in your computer to the DAC via USB connection.

 

 

So, if anyone else had the same question as me...now you know!

 

-Jimbobwey

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post #3 of 10
5/21/12 at 6:54am
Only just found this thread. Wondering if anybody can help me re-ignite it.....I don't want to connect my laptop up. I've got my iPod on a Denon dock currently into my little dot III but want to stick a DAC in between but I'm struggling.
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post #4 of 10
5/22/12 at 2:54pm
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Originally Posted by Dazhead View Post

Only just found this thread. Wondering if anybody can help me re-ignite it.....I don't want to connect my laptop up. I've got my iPod on a Denon dock currently into my little dot III but want to stick a DAC in between but I'm struggling.

 

Doesn't the Denon dock have digital output? If not, you can get a digital dock; the cheapest I know of is the Pure i20. That sort of device takes the digital audio and streams it out from the iDevice and into a DAC. Make sure the software is compatible though; for example, I think it only works with the Classic, no Rockbox; and iOS devices, but I'm not sure what media players other than iTunes will work.

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post #5 of 10
5/23/12 at 2:33am

You can try with THIS and then THIS. 

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post #6 of 10
5/23/12 at 2:22pm
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Originally Posted by cfibanez View Post

You can try with THIS and then THIS. 

 

Just because he can hook up the the sync cable to the USB-B input on that DAC doesn't mean he'll get a digital stream through. If we all could, then there wouldn't have been a need for somebody to come up with the Wadia 170, Onkyo NDS-1, Pure i20, NuForce iDo... Oh, and I tried that A-to-B converter on my iPad2's sync cable too - tossed it back into my drawer and went out to get the camera connection kit. The iPad can stream digital audio on its own but 1) usually the DAC would have to be self-powered and 2) it needs the CCK or a digital dock to tell it to stream the data, otherwise it thinks it should be interfacing with a computer or a charger.
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post #7 of 10
5/24/12 at 12:01pm
Thanks for the replies guys.

So I can plug my iPod into the i20 then to a dac via toslink and then to my little dot amp via RCA inters????? Just to check. Lol.

Also, is the i20 the cheapest dock around with a digital out? Have had a little look around and couldn't find one cheaper myself but thought I'd check.

Thanks for your help.
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post #8 of 10
5/24/12 at 6:37pm
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Originally Posted by Dazhead View Post

1) So I can plug my iPod into the i20 then to a dac via toslink and then to my little dot amp via RCA inters????? Just to check. Lol.
2) Also, is the i20 the cheapest dock around with a digital out? Have had a little look around and couldn't find one cheaper myself but thought I'd check.

 

1) Yes. You have the option to use coaxial too, I'd actually recommend that instead - if at least because from experience the fibers in an optical cable tend to break too easily.

 

2) Yes, there's nothing cheaper than that. I think the next step in the price ladder is the ND-S1 followed by the iDo.

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post #9 of 10
5/25/12 at 1:10am
So you'd recommend a co-ax cable instead. Do you have to spend a lot for a good quality audio one? I know I'm asking a lot of bone questions.....which one do you use? Could you give me an example?

Thanks chief, really appreciate this.
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post #10 of 10
5/25/12 at 4:34am
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Originally Posted by Dazhead View Post

So you'd recommend a co-ax cable instead. Do you have to spend a lot for a good quality audio one? I know I'm asking a lot of bone questions.....which one do you use? Could you give me an example?
Thanks chief, really appreciate this.


You don't need to spend too much. I'm lucky enough that I'm near shops - pro-audio or EE students' supply stores - that sell retail cuts of cable from large spools of pro-grade cables like Belden and Klotz. Times when I was too lazy or my soldering iron was broken I just pay the tech half an hour's worth of work to terminate the cables, and sometimes they can actually finish more than one pair within that time. Coax are done much faster since they only need crimping.

 

I assume most people don't have this in their area, but the internet has Blue Jeans Cable. http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/digital-audio/index.htm

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