sugarinthegourd
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Props to Vinnie for saying the mod is not needed on these units. He could have taken a lot of orders and made a bunch of do-re-mi and I bet none would be the wiser...
Originally Posted by sugarinthegourd /img/forum/go_quote.gif Props to Vinnie for saying the mod is not needed on these units. He could have taken a lot of orders and made a bunch of do-re-mi and I bet none would be the wiser... |
Originally Posted by sugarinthegourd /img/forum/go_quote.gif Props to Vinnie for saying the mod is not needed on these units. He could have taken a lot of orders and made a bunch of do-re-mi and I bet none would be the wiser... |
Originally Posted by Bigmike34 /img/forum/go_quote.gif So wait. If you want to use the iPod's line out, you have to buy a dock? Then you can't use it except for home listening. |
Originally Posted by spraggih /img/forum/go_quote.gif I read it the same way and think is indeed honorable. *But* I think Vinnie's assessment is for now-- I bet as he and others get to hacking around the Classic and seeing how this affects that and that affects this he/they may come up with a method to mod the Classic to improve the sound *substantially*. I think the Classic mod is not on the table today. But tomorrow is another day. (Remember he could not find a way to improve the sound of the 5.5 initially and months later that all changed). My two cents... worth about a penny or so. |
Originally Posted by spraggih /img/forum/go_quote.gif *But* I think Vinnie's assessment is for now-- I bet as he and others get to hacking around the Classic and seeing how this affects that and that affects this he/they may come up with a method to mod the Classic to improve the sound *substantially*. |
Originally Posted by bigshot /img/forum/go_quote.gif Do we know the specs on the Apple DAC yet? I would bet that it's comparable to the Wolfson. |
Originally Posted by YoungClayB /img/forum/go_quote.gif Also keep in mind that this comparison was done based on a 5.5 G iMod with the v-cap dock, which was reported to sound better than the 5.5G iMod with the regular iMod dock, which was reported to sound better than the 4G iMods. Based on this, I wonder how the 6G line out stacks up against a 4G iMod. |
Originally Posted by swt61 /img/forum/go_quote.gif What I come away with is that if you plan on using an iPod stock you'll be happier with the new 6G. If you want the best possible sound it won't quite compete with an iModded 5.5G, and it probably wouldn't yield the same benifits from Vinnie's mods, so stick with the 5.5G and wait for harddrive prices to drop. |
Originally Posted by xnothingpoetic So basically 5g imod> stock 6g> stock 5g |
Originally Posted by manaox2 Anyone want to come to the NC meet on September 23rd to pit my 5.5g iMod and vCap portable dock against their iPod classic using the same ALO line out dock and the Corda Move? |
Originally Posted by Pangaea This is all good news. I am glad to see apple is paying some attention to SQ. I just hope they have similar workings in the Touch Model. |
Originally Posted by sugarinthegourd Props to Vinnie for saying the mod is not needed on these units. He could have taken a lot of orders and made a bunch of do-re-mi and I bet none would be the wiser... |
Originally Posted by mirumu That depends. From what Vinnie is describing, the actual output stage is embedded inside the DAC chip with very few components on the outside. You can't feasibly mod a piece of silicon inside a surface mount chip. This doesn't leave a lot of room for modding and any mods done will most likely be adding components into the signal path which is in itself detrimental and would tend to lead to trade offs. To really mod the classic it would seem you'd want to replace the DAC with a better one and hang a quality output stage off it but that wouldn't be a simple mod and would be prohibitively expensive. |
Originally Posted by philodox Not unless he replaces the DAC they are using... |
Originally Posted by TheMarchingMule Thanks for reporting on your findings, Vinnie. Seems like the 6G iPod is as good as it can sound already for the most part, so I'm happy I can keep my 5.5G 80GB iMod and still have people gawking at the weird contraptions it hangs out with. |
5.5G iMod with the regular iMod dock, which was reported to sound better than the 4G iMods. |