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The Latest in Digital Out for Mobile Devices?


I recently found an unopened Wadia dock in my garage.

It seems I impulsively ordered it when they first came out years ago, but never used it and now see that the Apple connectors have changed?

Could anyone please provide an update for truly digital docks?

Does Wadia still make them for Apple devices? Any others?

I am not an Apple iPhone user or a big user of any mobile device, but would love to know how to get the best sound from these devices.

It one can truly extract digital data from a battery powered device, it should be possible to use it as a decent transport?

Thanks for the latest update on this type of set up.
cwlondon

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eastein
97 posts
 
A $30 Apple USB camera adapter will output to a powered USB DAC
eastein
97 posts
 
Cwlondon, The adapter works with iPhones too but the USB DAC must not get power via USB, wall or battery should work just fine. I have been using this setup with a Chord Hugo no problems.
eastein
97 posts
 
I'm very satisfied with tidalhifi.com 25M lossless files and my own lossless files and the sound quality through the Hugo is exceptional. I would expect similar through a Benchmark. Definitely worth checking out a $30 cable and free Tidalhifi trial demo. Give it a try and report back.
eastein
97 posts
 
No problem. The lightening cable works with current/newer devices, the other one is for recent about 2 year old devices. If you aren't sure just get both and amazon will let you return the one you don't need. It may be DAC dependent but I have had success with the 2 powered DAC's that I have tried. I would not expect USB powered DAC's to work though.
eastein
97 posts
 
Glad you got it to work with your DAC. I think the iTunes cloud is 256k, I run lossless files from my Synology network storage, haven't tried WAV but it would probably work, and 320k files from Google music. I now find Tidal lossless to be a great sounding easy and mobile option.
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