In addition to the "shiver inducing" scale, another rubric that I apply to determining truly great music (particularly live), is the question: Would I willingly give up a small body part....a toe or two, or maybe a pinkie finger, to go back in time and be present during the recording of said...

Yeah, I figured...but never hurts to ask, u' know?  So you're saying...you can use the cck to send the digital signal to a DAC of your choosing, but then you don't get charging of the lightning-iDevice...but if you want charging AND a DAC, the DAC must be MFI (apple tax) approved, and you gotta...

I've been pretty frustrated with the lack of what i call "native" DAC/Amp/charging options through the lightning cable (http://www.head-fi.org/t/705955/idevice-lightning-charging-dac-amps), and it occurred to me to search for "custom lightning cables", and I came across this post...   My...

Cool!  Thanks!  I've added the CypherLabs Theorem...question though...can you have the theorem plugged into a wall and charging its own battery and doing its thing with an iDevice playing (and charging), or is it a "one or the other" type deal?  Just curious.   Nathan

Really???  No one has seen any other devices that can do what I'm describing???  Or maybe I'm just the only one who owns an iPhone and is irritated that these are our only choices???  Or maybe I'm the only one who cares??  Or maybe you're all jealous that I got P7's for christmas?

I've been slowly educating myself about DACs/Amps/Docks since last fall (2013) when I decided my wife was going to give me the B&W P7s for Christmas.  (fantastic btw)   Problem 1: MFI drives up the cost of everything. Problem 2: I like things to look decent on my desk, and don't want the CCK...

Ha!  I came across that site just a couple weeks ago, and read through quite a few of the audio reviews.  But since I'm so new to all this headphone stuff, and haven't listened to any of the equipment he's reviewing, I didn't know how much salt to take with his opinions, which are pretty...

Thanks so much Happy Camper!   Yes, I've been continuing my research into this, and I had determined that the USB to DAC/AMP to headphones path is how I want to go.  So then I started the search for a Iphone 5 (lighntning dock) that charges AND provides a USB audio out....and one year into the...

I've read this whole post/thread with interest....I sit at my desk all day (computer programmer), and have used the apple dock with the line out connecting to a pair of Grado SR80s for 3 iPhones in a row, now, and have been pretty happy. (Ignorance is bliss maybe?)  But I'm wanting to upgrade my...