why do peple think ipods are just for bkgrd music

It (the MSB) is a true transport that deals with the jitter just like the cd transport. Now you have ipod docks like the wadia 170 all it does is bypass the ipods dac. I would use the wadia 170 dock as background music. Iam not knocking the wadia but its not a ipod transport.

Again, I addressed this in another forum, the Wadia iTransport bypasses the DAC and you can purchase DAC's that handle jitter. So your knock on the Wadia it totally unfounded.

I don't know anything about the MSB, does it bypass the internal DAC of the iPod?

Usaarmy91, sorry if I am putting words in your mouth, but you do make comments that come across negative to me.

I would use the wadia 170 dock as background music. I am not knocking the wadia but its not a ipod transport.

Also:

Yes the msb bypasses the ipod dac but it all so address the jitter.

This is interesting to me because the iTransport is marketed, I believe, as the only licensed product from Apple to bypass their DAC. While the iTransport does not address jitter, if your DAC does, it is basically a non-issue, from what I understand. There is a clocking(?) signal sent via the cable from whatever transport you use, to the DAC, so it can be done at either place.

I believe dCS has a 3 piece CD system, a transport, clocking (jitter) unit and then the DAC.

In their present form Ipods are little computers that put out bad analogue audio signals and deliver poor sound quality. They are not going to replace any single piece of equipment (or any combination of equipment) that puts out truly high quality analogue audio signals and delivers very high sound quality.

On the contrary, the iPod is cable of exceptional performance and one is not limited to storing low quality compressed files, you can store bit-for-bit copies of your CD's in WAV or AIFF format, I also believe Apple Lossless is near impossible to detect a difference in.

What is being discussed with the iTransport is bypassing the DAC of the iPod and using the iPod as a music server.

There is a nice little write up in the current issue of Playback Magazine