Hi Joekapahulu,
One simple, inexpensive solution for you might be to use a USB To SPDIF converter to get the signal from your PC's USB output into your 740C's digital input. Musical Fidelity has a newish converter out, the V-Link, which is very reasonably priced and is getting quite good press.
I'm using a Windows 7 PC and iTunes library as the sole source for my small secondary integrated based rig. As Larry said above, I found that it's easier (and less expensive) to get good quality sound from a PC rather than from an iPod, so I would suggest using your PC as the source for your 740C (which I have read is a great player BTW) and leaving the iPod for use while on the go.
In my case I have a 160GB iPod Classic, and I store the master itunes library for my PC on an external hard drive due to the space required for my large library (all of which is downloaded in Lossless). I feed my PC into an HRT Streamer II+ USB DAC, which gives good results on my modest secondary rig (less so on my main rig). I am going to order the V-Link next week in order to allow me to stream internet radio from my PC into my main rig via my CAL Sigma tube DAC. I'll post some results once I get the V-Link and play with it a bit.
One simple, inexpensive solution for you might be to use a USB To SPDIF converter to get the signal from your PC's USB output into your 740C's digital input. Musical Fidelity has a newish converter out, the V-Link, which is very reasonably priced and is getting quite good press.
I'm using a Windows 7 PC and iTunes library as the sole source for my small secondary integrated based rig. As Larry said above, I found that it's easier (and less expensive) to get good quality sound from a PC rather than from an iPod, so I would suggest using your PC as the source for your 740C (which I have read is a great player BTW) and leaving the iPod for use while on the go.
In my case I have a 160GB iPod Classic, and I store the master itunes library for my PC on an external hard drive due to the space required for my large library (all of which is downloaded in Lossless). I feed my PC into an HRT Streamer II+ USB DAC, which gives good results on my modest secondary rig (less so on my main rig). I am going to order the V-Link next week in order to allow me to stream internet radio from my PC into my main rig via my CAL Sigma tube DAC. I'll post some results once I get the V-Link and play with it a bit.