Ipod to amp
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Ipod to amp
Can I connect an Ipod directly to an after market amp with RCA plugs? will it work? I'm currently installing speakers on my 68 Firebird and don't want to install a head unit,
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St Jude Donor '13
It'll work, but the more you turn up the headphone amp on the iPod the more noise you'll introduce. If you got an iPod cable that connected to the dock and output it's pre-amp signal you could use something like this:
http://www.darvex.com/miva/merchant....roduct_Count=1
It would give you gain control, essentially becoming a passive pre-amp, only one without switching.
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id go dock out then to a preamp or attenuator then go to the amps. it should be pretty decent. you could go with something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/SOUNDSTREAM-MTUB...QQcmdZViewItem
and this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-CABLES-35507...QQcmdZViewItem
should give you decent sound and a little more control
you could replace that cable with this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NAVIPLAY-BLUETOO...QQcmdZViewItem
and this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Motorola-DC800-B...QQcmdZViewItem
and have it wireless. the trick is that you'd have to find an appropriate plug for the car, shouldn't be hard, they have them at radioshack
http://cgi.ebay.com/SOUNDSTREAM-MTUB...QQcmdZViewItem
and this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-CABLES-35507...QQcmdZViewItem
should give you decent sound and a little more control
you could replace that cable with this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NAVIPLAY-BLUETOO...QQcmdZViewItem
and this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Motorola-DC800-B...QQcmdZViewItem
and have it wireless. the trick is that you'd have to find an appropriate plug for the car, shouldn't be hard, they have them at radioshack
Last edited by scott_fx; Aug 5, 2008 at 02:56 PM.
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http://www.darvex.com/miva/merchant....roduct_Count=1
and
http://cgi.ebay.com/iPOD-Dock-to-RCA...2em118Q2el1247
is how i would do it, get the lineout from the ipod and charging capabilities then use the **** as a volume control
and
http://cgi.ebay.com/iPOD-Dock-to-RCA...2em118Q2el1247
is how i would do it, get the lineout from the ipod and charging capabilities then use the **** as a volume control
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scott i know u love that preamp lol, but honestly if hes not aiming for crazy SQ i feel he could get away without it. Last summer when I pulled the alpine headunit from my boat to put in one of the cars i was selling, i did the ipod straight to the amp with the same stuff I have linked and I had to up the gain a bit on the amp to get full volume but honestly SQ vs with the headunit was the same
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Thanks everyone for the help. I'm going with the RCA controller and docking cable for now and see how that works. Last night I plugged the ipod directly to the powered sub, the car whole car was rattling from the bass. I'm picking up an amp and 6X9 speakers this weekend, once eveything is installed I'll post my results.
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Thanks everyone for the help. I'm going with the RCA controller and docking cable for now and see how that works. Last night I plugged the ipod directly to the powered sub, the car whole car was rattling from the bass. I'm picking up an amp and 6X9 speakers this weekend, once eveything is installed I'll post my results.