PA2V2 with my nano setup

[daonesteven]

I just bought a PA2V2 to hook up to my 2G nano and yuin pk3's, I'm hoping to hear some improvement from this. Question is, I hear of things like how you should do line out for ipods than headphone outs, what's the difference??

 

[NeObliviscaris]

To my knowledge, the headphone out, on iPods, go through a pre-amp or amp that is built within the iPod resulting is a poorer sound than the line out (bottom of iPod).

The lineout does not go through the inbuilt amp, so the sound is untouched so to speak, therefore by going untouched into the amp, the amp does its thing for you

Does that make sense? Can anyone confirm whether I am on the right track?

 

[daonesteven]

oh so is headphone out when you're connecting 3.5 to 3.5, but line out is the ipod charging head to 3.5?

are these line out cables expensive compared to the headphone out that will probably come with my PA2V2? how essential would this gear be considering my rather mediocre setup

 

[NeObliviscaris]

they can be costly, like aloaudio has the bling bling which starts at $55, but yeah, you are right, headphone out = 3.5 to 3.5, and LOD is the ipod dock charging to a 3.5.

there are also people on the forums that make them, my LOD was made by a user called 'stevenkelby' great guy and great product, others like TURBO are also well talked abt. you can also get them from qables, and aloaudio as well.

 

[limathy]

ummmmm for a cheap but decent LOD look on ebay, i got mine from a guy who builds them in HK,about 10bux, transaction was smooth, quality was equal to a more expensive one i got off a head fi-er
though remembering i use the LOD --> female and then use my own IC

used to have the same setup cept it was a 1st gen nano
1st gen nano, pa2v2 and ksc75s and pk3s, really cant go wrong.

 

[EarG]

sorry to hijack the thread. How about PA2V2 for my Grado SR80 and Zen V:M setup. Any suggestion is very much appreciated.

 

[Moocher]

You might want to check out the following site for an inexpensive dock that allows you to use the line out capabilities and a USB connection, at the same time if you want. Only about $30.

SendStation - Products - PocketDock Line Out USB

Mooch