Marantz CD takes digital out from ipod?

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My friend forwarded me a manual from Marantz and highlighted the quote below.

Apparently it's the SA8003 CD player and iPod is connected via USB on the front..?

Any thoughts..?

ABOUT IPOD PLAYBACK

• If a 5th generation or later iPod, iPod nano, iPod

classic or iPod touch is connected, it can be

played with even higher sound quality because

the audio from the iPod is transmitted digitally

(LPCM).

 

[chebby]

Yep.

Don't think it works with lossless from an iPod though. (Only AAC)

I could be wrong though.

[Edit] Bit more delving.....

"The USB input is powered by an NEC uPD63901 microcontroller
(designed for use in car audio head units), and it enables the SA8003 to play
MP3, WAV, WMA and AAC files directly off a USB hard drive, pen drive, or iPod
(it does not function as a USB DAC, as connecting a laptop to the Marantz with a
USB cable does nothing). The uPD63901 does its own D/A conversion, so files read
from the USB input completely bypass Marantz' CS4398-based digital section (and
cannot be output via the Marantz digital outputs). The USB signal still benefits
from going through the SA8003's discreet analog output stage, but overall the
USB sound is not quite up to par with what the SA8003 does when playing a shiny
disc. Of course, this hardly matters unless you are using full-resolution WAV
files, the only lossless format playable on the Marantz"

So there you have it.

The USB input has it's own far 'lesser' cheap DAC and does not use the DAC in the main unit.

It converts digital direct from an iPod but only for AAC and not ALAC.

WAV is the only lossless format accepted.

You cannot plug in a laptop/PC/Mac

 

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the detailed reply, Cheb.

I suppose putting a few WAVs on a stick is the best answer.