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Came across this website...
Red Wine Audio iMod

for the purists...


We made it happen!
We are very pleased to announce the first audiophile hardware modification to be offered for both the 4th Generation iPods (monochrome and color screens) and now the newer 5/5.5 Generation iPods! The Red Wine iMod succeeds in achieving the all the desired improvements listed above that take the sound quality of the iPod to a level that is very competitive with high-end CD Players costing many times the price and lacking the features and benefits associated with a battery-powered, hard-drive based music source.
Why iMod?
Even if you use the very best iPod cable with your stock iPod, you are still not avoiding the serious degradation of sound quality that occurs after the internal DAC. This degradation from the cumulative effects of the following stock components that are directly in the line-out signal path and that were NOT optimized for audiophile use:

• The low quality stock SMT coupling caps after the internal Wolfson (before the stock opamp)
• Opamp output stage
• The low quality stock SMT coupling caps after the opamp output stage
• The minuscule circuit board traces that carries the analog line-out signal
• SMD resistors and inductors directly in the signal path
• The signal path inside the stock iPod dock, which contains: the dock connector plug, a very cheap ribbon cable, more minuscule pcb traces, SMD resistors, and finally the line out jack.

iMod Details
The goal of the Red Wine iMod is to significantly minimize the analog signal path that follows the output of the internal Wolfson Microelectronics DAC chip.



iMod for 5th Generation iPods (all 5G/5.5G models)
NEW! We take the analog output (line out) signal off of the Wolfson DAC chip and sent it directly to the dock connector pins. This completely bypasses all the components listed above that degrade the sound quality of the line-out of the Wolfson DAC. However, unlike the 4th Generation iMod, we are not able to fit the high-end Black Gate Non-Polorized NX-Hi-Q coupling capacitors inside of the5G/5.5G models. Luckily, we found a solution!
We have teamed up with ALO Audio, a highly-regarded cable manufacturer, to introduce the iMod Dock Cable. ALO has found a way to install the capacitors in the dock plug of the cable itself, thus it is required for use with the new iMod. You must purchase the cable separately from ALO Audio's website.



the reviews on headfi are pretty impressive



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