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840C as a DAC. What do I need

So my wife is bugging me to figure out a way for her to play her iPod through the hifi. I have a Cambridge 840C CDP that can be used as a DAC but I believe i need some sort of additional piece between there. Cheap and half decent is the goal here. I was thinking about something like the Sonos. Anyone have any thoughts here?

Thanks!
grimace
rwwear
2,692 posts
 
The Pure looks good but it can't make an iPod sound much better if the files aren't high resolution.
goatwuss
875 posts
 
If you want better sound than plugging the Ipod into your preamp with RCA (and therefore use the Ipod's dac), try the Wadia iTransport. It takes digital out from the Ipod, and converts it to SPDIF RCA which you can then plug in your cambridge audio.

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/82178

Arguably you can get better sound out of your PC directly... but the cost and especially the complexity to do it right are much higher.
rwwear
2,692 posts
 
It depends Goat. If it's fairly easy to run a cable from the digital out, it's not. You can also do it wirelessly fairly easy and inexpensively. These work great if all you need is CD quality.
http://audioengineusa.com/Store/Audioengine-W1
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