Need a ipod adaptor that has an coaxial audio or SPIDIF audio out?

[JTNY]

I have an ipad/iphone that I'd like to output to my 10 year old Denon AVR 5700 receiver that only has a coaxial and TOSlink connection. Any options as to what I can do?


THanks in advance.

 

[Adam]

Hi. A quick search led me to this dock at Amazon. Most people seem to like it.

You could also get an Airport Express and stream audio to it wirelessly from your iPhone/iPad.

 

[bikemig]

The AE express is a nice solution (or you could use an apple tv) but you want to get a mini-toslink to toslink cable like this, Amazon.com: C2G / Cables to Go 27015 Velocity Toslink-to-Optical Mini Plug Digital Cable-1 Meter: Electronics.

Using this cable lets the AV receiver do the D to A as the AE express doesn't sound that great if you use an analog cable.

 

[ImcLoud]

The pure i20 is the best sounding I have used... putting my ipad2 on and off takes a little attention and the remote isnt the greatest but it works good.. usually $109 on sale on amazon rite now..

 

[JTNY]

Thanks all, the dock is a bit more expensive that I would think. the ability to stream data into my receivers DAC is a good idea but I just realized, from a sound fidelity basis, how good is the audio quality you get when you stream via Pandora? I would think its definitely not as good as say a regular CD ?

 

[bikemig]

Pandora streaming is not as high a bit rate as redbook or CD quality but it is pretty decent. Pandora streams at a higher bit rate if you use its desktop application (192 kbps) than if you use a web browser but you have to pay to download the application: Pandora | Pandora One

I listen to it on a fairly regular basis and think the SQ is very good. If you want to stream at a higher bit rate, I'd take a look at MOG or Spotify.