We can hee and haw about a 'possible upgrade', but I just don't see that happening. Its simplicity is its biggest strength, IMO. Personally, even if LOD cables do continue to work with the new adapter, is that the configuration you want to base your portable rig on ? Purely on the basis of storage capacity and singularity of purpose, I cant see why 'portaphiles' married to iTunes as their content delivery mechanism would opt for anything other than the Classic as a music player. Till that happens, I believe the only folk who will be hearing anything from the Lightning port will be the owners of the aforementioned transports - CLAS and Fostex and possibly others that I'm not aware of. I have outlined my concerns re the $5 DAC in the $30 adapter, so I'll leave it there - we need feedback on sonics and ergonomics when the adapter is released in October. I think an iPod Classic is definitely on my must buy agenda. Pffttt progress, I wish the world would open their eyes and understand that sometimes when something works so well there's no need to quote "render it obsolete or supposedly fix it and make it better". I feel sorry for the old Classic line, it's only a matter of time before Apple decides it won't manufacture Classics anymore and it becomes a casualty of so called progress. My old Classics audio is constantly cutting out when I play songs now so I'm guessing the writing is on the wall for my old Classic. I'm very much tempted to run out and buy a new Classic. Throw in this new adapter and my rig will go from slightly bulky to outright silly looking.Īnother question I'd like to bring up, considering the new connection is now digital out wouldn't it now be easier to just get a specially made cable not unlike the one linked to on the thread and just feed a DAC/amp combo like say a Leckerton UHA-6A MKII or has Apple completely sand boxed the connection so as to not allow anything unless it's licensed through them? Heck if it was possible I might even try and find someone to send an Apple certified cable to to chop one end off and attach a mini USB connector for my Leckerton UHA-4. Right now my rig is a Touch Fiio L9 DOC and a ALO RX MKII. For starters even though the new adapter has a built in DAC is it a carbon copy of the DAC the iPhone/iTouch uses or is it a crappier sounding DAC that will sound terrible once amped? Another thing I'd like to bring up even though the adapter does provide analog out am I the only one on this thread who isn't fond of the idea of having a big white Apple adapter sticking out of my shirt pocket like a flag or jabbing me in the family jewels when in the pocket of my jeans. Glad to see the main question got answered but I still have others that seem to have no answer on this thread. :rolleyes:Īnyway, back to the topic - Apple need to be a whole lot clearer in their specifications, IMO. And I think I just talked myself into buying another 160GB Classic. Even with the lopsided Aussie pricing, the iTunes store is a Godsend out here in the boonies. That said, I still use iTunes to avoid buying albums that have two decent tracks accompanied by 10 or so mediocre 'album fillers' - I know that's sacrilege, but there you have it. Personally, I'm not wild about iTunes on Windows and I prefer FLAC rips of my CDs to 256K AAC iTunes downloads, but I would be hard pressed to tell the difference with much of my music - particularly in a portable setting. The Classic could well join the iRiver H* series as one of those players that leaves you wondering why the hell they stopped making it, and where you can get a decent secondhand unit. Guys, if I have inadvertently misled anyone, I apologize but given that others in this hobby rang the same set of alarm bells I dont believe I was hasty in doing so.
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