At risk of getting too off topic, I am wondering if there is any suggestion about replacing/upgrading my C5D. Here's why:
I have C5D and am very happy with it. I use it with an old iPod Touch using 30-pin LOD and drive Etymotic ER4 (I have both SR and XR models) eabuds.
My iPod touch is getting long in the tooth though and the battery life is getting to be pretty poor (my iPod is... 8 or so years old now?). If I upgrade, it would likely be to a newer iPod touch or maybe an iPhone. However it seems that the C5D is not compatible with iDevices that have lightning connector? Is there a workaround for this (ideally that does not involve huge dongles and lots of spare cable)? I am fine with analog amplification only (do not need to use C5D's built in DAC), but really only if I can get line-level out to feed the amp. Is there any recommendation for something similar to C5D but is more compatible with newer generation iDevices? If I'm already wishing for rainbows and unicorns, I may as well add in that I would like to have some better battery life out of any such replacement amp.
Thanks
Ruahrc