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Do I need a DAC for iPod?

I am not up with the latest HiFi standards. My last system was a McIntosh Integrated to Dynaudio speakers, using only a Rotel CD player. I sold the system years ago and I am now looking to buy a less expensive HiFi system. I will likely be buying B&W PM1's and a Roksan Caspian Integrated Amp. My whole music library now is on our Ipod's and iPad's. What do I need to get music from them? Do I need a DAC? I dont know anything about them. They sound like those line conditioners, whatever they are....they just seem to "clean" the electrical feed to the amp (which I will not be planning on buying). Thanks for your help jeff Jeffatus  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 02-05-12

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 02-05-12   As you may know a dac means digital to analogue convertor. t ...   Hotmailjbc 02-05-12: Timrhu You can simply run the ipod's headphone out into one of the Caspian's line inputs. The cable like this from Belkin is all you need. If you want the best sound however you'll need to dig a little deeper and go the dac route. Timrhu  (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 02-06-12   I just started downloading a bunch of cds to an ipod classic ...   Facten 02-06-12   By using a ipod docking cable to rca connectors, such as fou ...   Glenfihi 02-06-12   Good pt facten. if you want the best sound quality you must ...   Hotmailjbc 02-06-12   If you want to use both the ipad and the ipod to stream musi ...   Elberoth2 02-07-12   Great advice, but ouch! $650 for a wireless transport for m ...   Jeffatus 02-07-12   Right, pure offers 30 day guarantee as does music direct and ...   Hotmailjbc 02-07-12   I'm not sure if there's still any floating around, but you m ...   Kbarkamian 02-09-12   There are a lot of options, varying widely in cost, and thes ...   Bartolo 02-10-12   Most of my songs were purchased directly from itunes. i hav ...   Jeffatus 02-10-12   Jeff, go to import settings in itunes. chose a lossless sett ...   Hotmailjbc 02-10-12   Rip your cds at either aiff (apple's version of wav) or appl ...   Kbarkamian 08-04-12   Get the apple camera kit for $29.00 and using it as a line o ...   Acdoan

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