![]() The amplifiers have a Wi-Fi receiver built in which means you can play from your iOS device over your Wi-Fi (Airport) network directly to your Stereo with no loss of quality. ![]() ![]() If you are buying a new stereo, Pioneer and others are now including AIRPLAY into some of their amplifiers. I have not been able to confirm whether the new iPhone dock is a true line out or not. It sounds like if you have a new lighting iPhone you may be just as well off buying the Apple lightning to headphone connector rather than the dock. So if you wish to have true Line Level Output like the previous 5s dock, DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT until Apple confirms otherwise, or at least explains how to use this product.” Apple support could not help find out how to accomplish this and simply stated that the documentation “must be incorrect.” “Apple Documentation says that it has both Headphone & Line Level output BUT I am unable to achieve this. Here is one of the comments on the apple support site: There is a lot of confusion on the Apple support sites as to whether this socket marked headphones is actually a true high-quality ‘line out’ or whether it is just the same as what a headphone socket would output. The newer iPhone dock with output is marked as a headphones not ‘line out’. The first generation of lightning dock with a true ‘line out’. Note that the newest iPhone docks (iPhone 6 and newer) do not have a ‘line out.’ The first generation of lightning dock did have a ‘line out’. The Apple iPod dock also has an infrared receiver on the front which will allow you to control your iPod via any Apple remote control! so you can play and pause your iPod using the Apple remote control. But you can also leave the audio lead and charger cable plugged into the dock permanently, so that whenever your phone or iPod is plugged into the dock it will be charging at the same time that it is playing. The first one is obviously the better audio quality. The headphone jack and plugs into the ‘line out’ from the dock, and the RCA connectors plug into the back of your stereo. Use exactly the same cable that I talked about above. This is important for the best sound quality. The dock gives you a proper ‘line out’ which will be the exact voltage and impedance to match the ‘line in’ on your stereo. A headphone output is expecting a pair of headphones and while it will still work fine, you may lose some high-end or low end or clarity using it as a line out instead of a headphone out. The headphone output on the iPod is not a true ‘line out’, it is a headphone level. This is because the line out has been designed to put out a signal that is perfectly matched to a home stereo that has a ‘line in’. Using a line level out will give you the best possible sound quality, better than just using the headphone socket. ![]() (The jack on the left in the above picture). This is an Apple iPod dock. It has a ‘line out’ output on the back. Or they are still available on Amazon here, here and here. In ebay you will need to search for something like this: So, for the best sound quality, you need to track down a 2nd hand iPod or iPhone dock that will suit your iPhone or iPod. (This will work, but it is definitely an inferior sound quality to the dock.) Even their own support article here (dated Feb ’15) now tells you to plug the iPod straight into your home stereo from the headphone jack. If however you are after the best possible audio quality into your stereo, equivalent to or better than a CD player, then can buy a “dock” for your iPhone.Īpple sell iPod and iPhone docks for the new lightning connecto here, but for older iPods that don’t have a lightning connector, Apple don’t sell this product any more. (You can read about the technical differences here.) For most people this will probably not be noticeable, so unless you have a really good stereo with a nice set of speakers the straight cable will work fine. This is because the headphone jack is designed to power headphones, not be plugged into a stereo. When you plug your iPhone directly into your stereo as I’ve described above there will be a very slight loss of audio quality. Next Page: iPod Dock and wireless Airplay… Buying an iPod Dock This is where you’d plug in your iPod dock. On this Pioneer receiver the AUX IN is called ‘ANALOG AUX’.
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