http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/I'll pass]]>Jul 8th 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
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This is truly a ground breaking product. A fusion of Apple RDS and Audophile grade snake oil.]]>Jul 8th 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
Keep heading upmarket. :P]]>Jul 8th 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 8th 2008 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 8th 2008 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/-Taylor]]>Jul 7th 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
-Shane]]>Jul 7th 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/-yode]]>Jul 7th 2008 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/-eeevan]]>Jul 7th 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/-andres]]>Jul 7th 2008 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/-fsx]]>Jul 7th 2008 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
-your mother]]>Jul 7th 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
-Benson]]>Jul 7th 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
-chris]]>Jul 7th 2008 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
A Dissected goat.]]>Jul 7th 2008 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 8th 2008 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
As long as people will overpay for their mp3 player they will also probably over pay for its docking station.]]>Jul 7th 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
Anybody who would spend four grand on a piece of sound equipment will also spend more than $200 on your piddly little music player. In fact, they probably eschew digital storage altogether.]]>Jul 7th 2008 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
That guy...]]>Jul 7th 2008 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 8th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
http://www.wavelengthaudio.com/usbdac.html
http://www.scott-nixon.com/dac.htm

I use a DAC I built based on scott nixion's design for use with my PowerMac and Tube amplifier. Its really sweet.

I thought about building a DAC with an ipod dock. Its a great idea. Mine would cost about $200 in parts though. : )

I don't quite understand how to get the digital signal right off the ipod. My guess is they probably mount it as usb mass storage and then do the decoding and whatnot in-device.

Assuming no processing is done inside the ipod (analog conversion, normalization, etc), and the CDs are ripped lossless with buffering, this will sound as good or better than $10,000 CD players. With that in mind, its a bargain and you don't have to get up to change CDs. : )]]>Jul 7th 2008 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
If you don't like CDs and want great sound, just get an mac mini (or your favorite tiny windows/linux machine) and a scott nixon dac. For under $1000, you will have something that rivals the most expensive CD gear available.]]>Jul 7th 2008 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
Yes, that pretty much covers it.]]>Jul 7th 2008 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
Nothing wrong with Civic engine. Mine runs smoothly.]]>Jul 8th 2008 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
More than enough for over 100 lossless albums + loads of single tracks.]]>Jul 7th 2008 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
It might be fine for a crappy MP3 on the bus, but the sound quality is below many of the market rivals.]]>Jul 8th 2008 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Me and my wallet are sad to say that I know well these places that you speak of.

@mattclarkie

These test don't account for an ipod modded to have a proper line level audio out playing lossless audio, connected to a portable headphone amp that cost 3 times more than the ipod, in turn connected to a pair of headphone thats that cost 5 times more than the ipod.]]>Jul 8th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
i just pissed myself]]>Jul 7th 2008 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/
If you have a player that supports flac, that can do a little better and is open.]]>Jul 7th 2008 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 8th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/krell-intros-the-kid-anothe-expensive-ipod-dock-youll-never/Jul 7th 2008 5:37PM