Ayon Cd Player to IPOD

I have received my Pure i-20 ($100-pure.com) and I love it. It takes raw digital out of the ipod which can be connected to a Dac through optical or Coax (rca). The interface works well, it is simple, and of course it charges the ipod and connects to your tv.

Can you use a pure 1-20 or wadia dock in between the two? Will that work?

Help us out guys!

Does anyone have first hand knowledge of the sonic differences between the CD-07 and its more expensive relatives?

Thanks in advance.

I am also interested in Ayon cd-7 or cd-2s. Based on a specs the cd-2s has a better DAC and native 24/96 usb. But how in reality it differs to the better? Is that much better than cd-7, different league, or 5%-10%. Any opinion is appreciated.

I too am considering the CD-7 because of the iPOD dock. What sound quality would one be giving up if one chooses the CD-7 instead of the CD-2s or a used CD-2?

It will not work like this becaue the iPod is not sending the digital signal thru the USB as-is. You either need the iPod transport, such as Wadia 170i/171i (better wait for the 171i). I am in fact considering buying the Ayon CD-7 instead of CD2-S because CD-7 now could extract digital signal from iPod (not sure about iPhone nor iPodTouch). Hope this helps.

I don't think there's any way to make that work. The iPod uses iTunes as its control interface for managing the import of music. I don't know anything about the Ayon player but unless it also contains a computer that can run iTunes it wouldn't have any way to know the iPod is connected and the iPod won't see the Ayon unless it's running iTunes.