Originally Posted by ScottC
Digital out on an iPod doesn't exist. Hence the "flawed logic". Spending 1000's on audio equipment and then feeding it with an iPod is just silly, even if you do use lossless. The iPod has no high quality audio components in it.
Ah. I see. Good that I qualified my post with an "If" in bold and italics.
My statement would still be true if the iPod had digital out... I guess having digital out would not be allowed by the higher ups at Apple (the execs of the music companies), as it would defeat itunes DRM.
However, I've heard (not verified), that the iPod actually has pretty good audio components for a portable player. If that's true, then the world is messed up. I can clearly hear the hiss in my headphones when the amp turns on (going from zero volume to minimum volume). This is w/o any music playing, just from the noise + low PSRR & dirty power, etc. in the DAC/amp.