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[size=x-small]Check out the press release for (and renderings of) the Wadia iTransport iPod Dock.
I want one. Bad.
I have been considering putting together a media server (primarily a music server) for some time now. When John Schaffer told me, back in September, that Wadia was developing what would become the iTransport iPod Dock, I flipped, as I knew what they were developing was something that would be ideal for me (and countless others) in my pursuit of a music server. With iPods storing up to 160GB--and undoubtedly storing still more and more in future models--the iTransport makes a lossless/WAV-packed iPod one heck of a digital transport.
What's the significance of the iTransport? It is the first iPod dock that I'm aware of that extracts music from the iPod to a bit-perfect S/PDIF digital audio output without ever leaving the digital domain. (On top of that, it has a high-resolution component digital video output, as well as analog audio and video outputs.) In concert with a high quality digital-to-analog converter (DAC) or home theater receiver/processor, the iPod/iTransport combination allows the iPod to serve two very distinct, cool roles: the iPod remains the portable source it has always been; but, docked on the iTransport, it should serve as one heck of a digital transport that can feed bit-perfect digital to your choice of DAC/processor.
Wadia president John Schaffer has invited me recently to their headquarters to audition it, but I just haven't been able to get out there before CES came upon us, so Vegas is where I'll first get a listen to it.
We should be among the first to get one for auditioning![/size]
I want one. Bad.
I have been considering putting together a media server (primarily a music server) for some time now. When John Schaffer told me, back in September, that Wadia was developing what would become the iTransport iPod Dock, I flipped, as I knew what they were developing was something that would be ideal for me (and countless others) in my pursuit of a music server. With iPods storing up to 160GB--and undoubtedly storing still more and more in future models--the iTransport makes a lossless/WAV-packed iPod one heck of a digital transport.
What's the significance of the iTransport? It is the first iPod dock that I'm aware of that extracts music from the iPod to a bit-perfect S/PDIF digital audio output without ever leaving the digital domain. (On top of that, it has a high-resolution component digital video output, as well as analog audio and video outputs.) In concert with a high quality digital-to-analog converter (DAC) or home theater receiver/processor, the iPod/iTransport combination allows the iPod to serve two very distinct, cool roles: the iPod remains the portable source it has always been; but, docked on the iTransport, it should serve as one heck of a digital transport that can feed bit-perfect digital to your choice of DAC/processor.
Wadia president John Schaffer has invited me recently to their headquarters to audition it, but I just haven't been able to get out there before CES came upon us, so Vegas is where I'll first get a listen to it.
We should be among the first to get one for auditioning![/size]