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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

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rwwear
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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
rwwear
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Your computer would be better because you can simply use the digital out from it into the DAC and then anything on the computer can be played back. You can even download some hi resolution stuff and use it with the DAC. To play back the iPod simply get a mini plug to RCA adapter and plug it in to the sound system or get an iPod dock which is better because it keeps the player charged.
rwwear
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The Pure looks good but it can't make an iPod sound much better if the files aren't high resolution.
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