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Lossless iTune music

Do you listen mobile device music from your system?  I use ipad instead of CD player now.  I rip music from CD to lossless file in computer then import to iTune and Bluetooth stream music from iPad to my system.  I tried Tidal, but didn’t like to pay $19 a month subscription fee.  If you store hifi music on mobile device, where do you get it from?  Thanks
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reubent
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When I play music on my big rig, that is playing from my iPod, or friend's iPhones when they visit, I connect the iPod/iPhone through a Nuforce iDo. The iDo accepts either a 30 pin - USB, or Lightning - USB cable and it extracts bit perfect digital signal from the iPod/iPhone. It has a built-in DAC, but I don't use it. I use the digital coax out of the iDo into my DAC.

Very good sound from a portable device, especially when playing anything lossless. Of course, anything I play that is a lossy format is less good sounding....

I don't use this setup for most listening. But it is a major convenience when friends come over and want to share their tunes. It's also great from streaming Radio Paradise using the iPod/iPhone RP App.
reubent
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@alexlhsu - The Nuforce iDo works great for me. Technically, i think it only "supports" gen 4-5 devices, but we also use gen 6 devices with it. I don't know if gen 7/8 devices will work, but I don't know why they wouldn't.

The iDo is long out of production and the availability is limited. Not sure if there is any comparable device that will connect to an iPhone/iPod and pass bit perfect digital...

Good luck.
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