krohm
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new to the forums been reading a bit about the imod for the ipod,
read on red wine audio the makers of these imod cables;
"We take the analog output (line out) signal off of the Wolfson DAC chip and send it directly to the internal 1/8" headphone jack (converting it into a dedicated line-out jack) via high-end Black Gate Non-Polarized NX-Hi-Q coupling capacitors (to block DC offset voltage).
This completely bypasses all the components listed above that degrade the sound quality of the Wolfson DAC’s line-output.
The Red Wine Audio 4th Gen iMod converts the 1/8" headphone jack into a dedicated line-out jack (constant voltage output direct from the dac chip…no volume control), so the headphone output is disabled. The iMod is intended to be connected to either a high quality headphone amp with volume control or home stereo system"
so it bypasses the line out and uses the wolfson dac to whatever dac, preamp or amp you plug it into... ?
how does this compare to a cd player outputting optical source to a dac... or an optical out from a soundcard to a dac....
on ALO Audio they have an imod jensen dock for 750 bucks, so that connects to a dac... ?
how is that different to the imod cable only...
how would this rate as a source componant as opposed to a dedicated cd/sacd player?
what am i misunderstanding here...
i have no idea about all this stuff just need to learn about how sound is outputted from any source as thats where the first bottleneck obviously occurs. (if the file is lossless)
want to know about this before deciding about any dac/amp/preamp/headphone amp etc etc..
new to the forums been reading a bit about the imod for the ipod,
said on alo audio that the ALO Audio iMod dock cable takes the analog
output (line out) signal off of the Wolfson DAC chip and sent it
directly to the dock connector pins.'
sais on red wine audio the makers of these imod cables;
We take the analog output (line out) signal off of the Wolfson DAC
chip and send it directly to the internal 1/8" headphone jack
(converting it into a dedicated line-out jack) via high-end Black
Gate Non-Polarized NX-Hi-Q coupling capacitors (to block DC offset
voltage). This completely bypasses all the components listed above
that degrade the sound quality of the Wolfson DAC’s line-output.
The Red Wine Audio 4th Gen iMod converts the 1/8" headphone jack into
a dedicated line-out jack (constant voltage output direct from the
dac chip…no volume control), so the headphone output is disabled. The
iMod is intended to be connected to either a high quality headphone
amp with volume control or home stereo system
so it bypasses the line out, then it will output to whatever dac you
plug it into and then go from there?
if it is outputting apple lossless then it is like an optical
dedicated source from a cd player... or an optical out from a
soundcard,.. ?
how would this rate as a source componant as opposed to a dedicated
source/cd player?
i have no idea about all this stuff just need to learn about how
sound is outputted from any source as thats where the first
bottleneck obviously occurs. (if the file is lossless) new to the forums been reading a bit about the imod for the ipod,
said on alo audio that the ALO Audio iMod dock cable takes the analog
output (line out) signal off of the Wolfson DAC chip and sent it
directly to the dock connector pins.'
sais on red wine audio the makers of these imod cables;
We take the analog output (line out) signal off of the Wolfson DAC
chip and send it directly to the internal 1/8" headphone jack
(converting it into a dedicated line-out jack) via high-end Black
Gate Non-Polarized NX-Hi-Q coupling capacitors (to block DC offset
voltage). This completely bypasses all the components listed above
that degrade the sound quality of the Wolfson DAC’s line-output.
The Red Wine Audio 4th Gen iMod converts the 1/8" headphone jack into
a dedicated line-out jack (constant voltage output direct from the
dac chip…no volume control), so the headphone output is disabled. The
iMod is intended to be connected to either a high quality headphone
amp with volume control or home stereo system
so it bypasses the line out, then it will output to whatever dac you
plug it into and then go from there?
if it is outputting apple lossless then it is like an optical
dedicated source from a cd player... or an optical out from a
soundcard,.. ?
how would this rate as a source componant as opposed to a dedicated
source/cd player?
i have no idea about all this stuff just need to learn about how
sound is outputted from any source as thats where the first
bottleneck obviously occurs. (if the file is lossless)
new to the forums been reading a bit about the imod for the ipod,
said on alo audio that the ALO Audio iMod dock cable takes the analog
output (line out) signal off of the Wolfson DAC chip and sent it
directly to the dock connector pins.'
sais on red wine audio the makers of these imod cables;
We take the analog output (line out) signal off of the Wolfson DAC
chip and send it directly to the internal 1/8" headphone jack
(converting it into a dedicated line-out jack) via high-end Black
Gate Non-Polarized NX-Hi-Q coupling capacitors (to block DC offset
voltage). This completely bypasses all the components listed above
that degrade the sound quality of the Wolfson DAC’s line-output.
The Red Wine Audio 4th Gen iMod converts the 1/8" headphone jack into
a dedicated line-out jack (constant voltage output direct from the
dac chip…no volume control), so the headphone output is disabled. The
iMod is intended to be connected to either a high quality headphone
amp with volume control or home stereo system
so it bypasses the line out, then it will output to whatever dac you
plug it into and then go from there?
if it is outputting apple lossless then it is like an optical
dedicated source from a cd player... or an optical out from a
soundcard,.. ?
how would this rate as a source componant as opposed to a dedicated
source/cd player?
i have no idea about all this stuff just need to learn about how
sound is outputted from any source as thats where the first
bottleneck obviously occurs. (if the file is lossless)
new to the forums been reading a bit about the imod for the ipod,
said on alo audio that the ALO Audio iMod dock cable takes the analog
output (line out) signal off of the Wolfson DAC chip and sent it
directly to the dock connector pins.'
sais on red wine audio the makers of these imod cables;
We take the analog output (line out) signal off of the Wolfson DAC
chip and send it directly to the internal 1/8" headphone jack
(converting it into a dedicated line-out jack) via high-end Black
Gate Non-Polarized NX-Hi-Q coupling capacitors (to block DC offset
voltage). This completely bypasses all the components listed above
that degrade the sound quality of the Wolfson DAC’s line-output.
The Red Wine Audio 4th Gen iMod converts the 1/8" headphone jack into
a dedicated line-out jack (constant voltage output direct from the
dac chip…no volume control), so the headphone output is disabled. The
iMod is intended to be connected to either a high quality headphone
amp with volume control or home stereo system
so it bypasses the line out, then it will output to whatever dac you
plug it into and then go from there?
if it is outputting apple lossless then it is like an optical
dedicated source from a cd player... or an optical out from a
soundcard,.. ?
how would this rate as a source componant as opposed to a dedicated
source/cd player?
i have no idea about all this stuff just need to learn about how
sound is outputted from any source as thats where the first
bottleneck obviously occurs. (if the file is lossless)