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OK What's next with my iPod?

So, I've got an iPod Touch with many uncompressed CDs on it and it sounds surprisingly good through my Sennheiser headphones.
I connected it to an input on my preamp and got music. But it doesn't really sound very good.
What intermediary pieces of equipment do I need between the Touch and the preamp to get sound that rivals/exceeds my CDP? WHat would financially to accomplish this without foregoing my first born child?

Thanks.
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grege
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Levy03 - to each his own. If you think pricey dacs sound better than the iPod dac, enjoy.

I tried many dacs (Benchmark, NOS dacs, Wadia, etc.). But after 30 years as an audiophile I finally realized that open loop listening is more about what you want to hear than what you are actually hearing.

For me now, it's all about the room, speakers and source material.
grege
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Tried the Wadia and Onkyo digital docks. All that taught me is that the iPod Classic DAC is not nearly as bad as others have reported. IF you take the signal from the iPod dock connector and run it through a good headphone pre (Cmoy is great) the iPod is a fantastic source. The reason the iPods get a bad rap is they are either using the variable volume headphone out or they don't have enough gain (~1V) from the dock connector. Once you give the iPod clean gain, it reveals how good it really is.
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