Looking for EZ way to do audio fr PC and IPOD

Thx all who posted. Sounds like the PC is the way to go and the IPOD can be for mobile use only. Craig thx for your details. That sounds like a good way for me to go too. Please post on the V-link as that sounds promising. I just read a review in Stereophile and I am leaning that way now.

Hi Joekapahulu,

One simple, inexpensive solution for you might be to use a USB To SPDIF converter to get the signal from your PC's USB output into your 740C's digital input. Musical Fidelity has a newish converter out, the V-Link, which is very reasonably priced and is getting quite good press.

I'm using a Windows 7 PC and iTunes library as the sole source for my small secondary integrated based rig. As Larry said above, I found that it's easier (and less expensive) to get good quality sound from a PC rather than from an iPod, so I would suggest using your PC as the source for your 740C (which I have read is a great player BTW) and leaving the iPod for use while on the go.

In my case I have a 160GB iPod Classic, and I store the master itunes library for my PC on an external hard drive due to the space required for my large library (all of which is downloaded in Lossless). I feed my PC into an HRT Streamer II+ USB DAC, which gives good results on my modest secondary rig (less so on my main rig). I am going to order the V-Link next week in order to allow me to stream internet radio from my PC into my main rig via my CAL Sigma tube DAC. I'll post some results once I get the V-Link and play with it a bit.

How far does the confuser sit from the stereo?

If more than a couple yards......I'd consider wireless streaming to an Apple TV or some such.
Because of the powerful SMPS in the computer, I'd keep it well away from sensitive electronics from which I wish good sound.

You'll like the DAC section of the 740c, if it doesn't mind any jitter from a digital source. Make sure your player has up-to-date ....what's it called....firmware?

my 840c doesn't like the digital output of my Airport Express....

Copy the files from the iPod that aren't on your PC and just use the PC. Most of them are already there if you only have 30GB on the iPod and have 15K files.

the pure i-20 won,t work with the 30 g.

I've been using my iPod Touch and a Pure i-20 dock with a digital output. My digital cable is a 1.5m Atlas Opus but you don't have to spend that much. (For example, you could use the cheaper Atlas Compass or one of Joe Mazzaglia's excellent Auricle digital cables.) Just make sure the cable is 1.5 meters long, and run it from the Pure's coax out to the Cambridge coax in.

Verify at pure.com/us/ that your iPod is supported. If it is, this is how you will get the best possible sound (using 16/44 music files on your iPod) for the least money.

Using your computer as a source requires taking a USB output to the 740C's S/PDIF coax input, in most cases. If your computer has an S/PDIF output you're in luck, and some folks' computers also have an optical S/PDIF out, which will also work. If all you have is USB, though, you will need something to convert your USB signal to S/PDIF coax. A popular one at a medium price is the M2Tech HiFace, but you can pay less and also much more.

hrt has the istreamer dac for your ipod and a line musicstreamer dacs for your computer from 149 dollars up that have recieved good reviews. all you need is a usb cable and some rcas. there are other ways to go for a bit more money. wadia, cambridge,peachtree for the ipod and many others for the computer.