Bose 901 series with and ipod.

The OP asked about BT in his original post.

I am assuming the iPod in question does Bluetooth.  If it doesn’t, then I don’t think you can use it as a source.  If it does Bluetooth then you need amplification and a Bluetooth receiver.  A basic integrated amp that doesn’t have a DAC will keep it simple.  For Bluetooth receiver I recommend the Audioengine, probably the B1.  This will connect the amp by RCA connection, and the amp needs to be wired to the Bose speakers.  The Audioengine Bluetooth DAC/receiver can also be used with your phone as a source, so if the iPod doesn’t do Bluetooth, or if it dies on you in the near future, you can play the same music from your phone.

  It may actually be more economical and probably sound better to purchase Audioengine speakers, or another company that offers comparable products.  These speakers contain the amplification and the Bluetooth receiver.  All you need to do is pair your iPod or other mobile device 

  As you may have surmised, Bose has a bad name amongst Audiophiles, and invoking it on a site like this invites ridicule.  

Getting back to the OP question, I didn’t realize that these speakers are active. I had read the description on the Bose site and was specifically looking for that, so my bad. At any rate if they are active speakers all the OP needs is a Bluetooth receiver such as the Audioengine that I referenced earlier. Does anyone know if the iPod does Bluetooth? It has been a long time since I’ve had one.

A more general point is active speakers with DSP.  The only active speakers that I have ever heard are Audioengine.  However there are so many new AS on the market, and I might be moving in a few years and starting to consider AS for their space conserving values.  Are there other brands that add DSP as well?

@dekay 

thanks for clearing that up

@asvjerry 

The question was whether an iPod does Bluetooth, not a phone.  I haven’t used an iPod in a long time and I don’t remember using Bluetooth with the one that I had.  And wasn’t Apple resistant at one point in time to Bluetooth?

@asvjerry 

  my one and only iPod is long gone.  I regret that I actually bought the docking cradle made by Wadia.  It extracted the files on the hard drive and bypassed the Apple DAC .  It was truly a great product, worked as advertised, but hey they still were mp3 files, and who wanted to haul the iPod out of gym bag anyway?  I probably used it 3 times and then donated it to a thrift shop.

  Anyway, if anyone actually knows if the iPod did Bluetooth, please chime in.  And if it did do bt, it was probably the first BT codec, which sounds awful.

OP, use your phone as a source into a BT receiver, you will be much happier