http://www.head-fi.org/t/256793/ipod-classic-dac-and-output-stage-info-from-vinnie-of-rwa/30#post_3245044
Originally Posted by
Vinnie R. /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Quote:
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.
|
swt61 is correct! If all you care about having is a stock iPod, the 6G (iPod Classic) is the way to go.
If you already have a 5G/5.5G iMod, I believe you will find that the 6G line-out doesn't sound quite as good. I listened some more. This time, I even tested it using a dock cable with the Black Gate caps with 5.5G iMod and still preferred that over the 6G line-out, but even more so with the Vcap Dock + 5.5G iMod combo. I don't have a 4G iMod here to compare it to, but I know others do and I hope they will post their findings.
Quote:
Originally Posted by xnothingpoetic
So basically 5g imod> stock 6g> stock 5g
|
This is correct. Let me add to that:
5G/5.5G iMod with ALO Vcap Dock > 5G/5.5G iMod with ALO dock cable (black gates) > stock 6G line out > stock 5G/5.5G line out
Somewhere in there, the 4G iMod fits and I'm pretty confident that you'll find it between the 5G/5.5G iMod with ALO dock cable and the stock 6G line out.
Quote:
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?
|
Cool... I am hoping more people will be doing comparisons like this and posting their findings. Thanks!
Quote:
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.
|
I agree and I think the 6G line-out and headphone-out shows that Apple has been paying attention (maybe even to headfi and all the iMod posts and about cleaning up these outputs
) to SQ.
Quote:
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...
|
Thanks. Yes, believe me everyone, I have received
tons of emails and phone calls regarding the 6G and coming up with an iMod. Many people were even asking if they could buy from Apple and ship directly to me for the mod. I would have really loved this kind of business, but it wasn't meant to be
Quote:
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.
|
mirumu is correct!