Is there an LOD for ipod>Headphones direct?

No LOD can take the digital signal from an iPod. To date, Apple has not released that functionality to the general public unless we purchase a licensed unit like the iWadia.

http://www.wadia.com/products/transports/170i/

You are basically getting the un-attenuated analog signal (i.e. FULL VOLUME) from the LOD. So there really is no reason for iPOD - LOD - Headphones...you will blow your eardrums out.

If you realy must go Ipod -> LOD -> headphones:

1) buy LOD

2) buy female-to-female 1/8" adapter

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10429&cs_id=1042901&p_id=678&seq=1&format=2

3) buy volume control knob @ radio shack or similar store.

4) Connect LOD -> f-f adapter -> volume control

Why you'd want to do so I don't know, but there you go.  You could even make this a kit and sell it for 50 bucks to unsuspecting head-fiers... Amp-free LOD with volume control!

You can definitely find a LOD with a 3.5mm input jack.  (See, e.g. http://www.sendstation.com/us/products/pocketdock/lineout-usb.html).  But then you would not have any volume control, which would suck.

Yeah the whole point of bypassing the ipods amp using a line out dock is to use your own higher quality amp.  You cant go amples.

Were just happy to help.

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Originally Posted by kboe 

Were just happy to help.

LoL...it's not like we've got anything better to do.

Right now I'm doing that sort of laughing crying thing, you know, where the person next to ask if your ok and you say, "No no, (insert a sniffing nose hear) I'm fine. Really I am."

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Originally Posted by kboe 

Right now I'm doing that sort of laughing crying thing, you know, where the person next to ask if your ok and you say, "No no, (insert a sniffing nose hear) I'm fine. Really I am."

I hope things turn out ok...in the mean time, have a drink.

Nope... I just did it again.  But I will get that drink.

You can try FiiO E1

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Originally Posted by Brumagician99 

Thanks for all the insight,

 

My reasoning behind this thread was to achieve a purer sound but forgot i cant roll ampless and secondly at some point the sound will need to be converted from digital to analogue... unless somebody invents a single wire that can do such thing lol

 

thanks again people much appreciated.. i'll stick with the 3.5mm jack!! I have another ridiculous thread if u want to view it...

 

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/526517/using-wasapi-foobar-on-laptop-i-want-to-go-direct-to-amp#post_7101407

 

enjoy!

The LOD connector on the iPod provides a line-level, decoded analog signal.  It's better quality as it does not go through the internal amplification circuitry associated with the iPod headphone jack.  There are a few devices like the Wadia iTransport which can pull a digital signal off the iPod through some trickery and licensed technology - these require a separate DAC and amp and output coax or optical digital.