Hi,
I just read a review of the Peachtree iDac and it made me wonder if the USB port on other DACs like W4S, Simaudio, Bryston, etc., would also accept the data from an iPod at lower bitrates (MP3 or MP4).
Rene Fortier
Most DACs won’t be able to get at the digital data stream of an iPod directly, but there are ways to do it. What you have to put between an iPod and an ordinary DAC to make them work together is something like the Wadia 170iTransport, which can extract the musical data in a digital form from an iPod and output the data in a format pretty much any DAC can use. The 170iTransport’s digital output is RCA-based S/PDIF, which almost every DAC on the market supports. There are other products besides the 170iTransport that can do this, but I mention this one specifically because it was the first on the market with this feature and many audiophiles are familiar with it. . . . Doug Schneider
