macintosh ipod with mcintosh

[jrsystems]

VADE RETROS, SATANAS :nono:

Why would you connect an Ipod, therefore compressed file to a McIntosh system?

mp3, wav etc.. are compressed format which deteriorate the sound quality. That defeats the all purpose a high quality sound.

The reverse to that would be me installing a McIntosh car system on my Jeep Wrangler...

Funny toughts

B.

Sorry Brice, a WAV file is what comes out of a CD and an Apple Lossless file that an iPod can store is mathematically and sonically identical to a WAV file. So you can indeed have CD sound on your iPod.

The iPod DAC is quite limited and the Wadia dock is the solution to this limitation. An Apple Lossless loaded iPod in the Wadia dock digitally linked to a good DAC is a terrific and relatively inexpensive media server. However, the iPod hard drive is relatively small, so with big lossless files, you will be limited. Frankly though, it is a great and inexpensive way to stick your toe in the media server pool.