the phone out is good, but not the best, but i do believe the line-out is one of the best besides a DAPs that can do optical/coax out (iriver ihp100, hifiman). For me, it beat Ipod line-out (touch, classic, etc) easily.
Please just use the line-out if u were not satisfied with the phone-out .
Please just use the line-out if u were not satisfied with the phone-out .