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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 11:07PM
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just curious.... anyone?

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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 11:10PM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?

Of course. If there wasn't you wouldn't get any sound out through the headphones.

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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 11:10PM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?

yes.

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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 11:11PM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?

How else does the music reach your ears? 

God, if I'm wrong I'll hang my head in shame.

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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 11:12PM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?

Ha ha, three identical replies in no seconds flat!

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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 11:21PM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?

Yes, and they are all made by HSBC (a Government owned garage exclusively manned by ex tank mechanics.)

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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 11:40PM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?
maxflinn:
just curious.... anyone?


Digital files need to be converted to analogue for sound to be heard. Digital to Analogue Converter - DAC
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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 11:45PM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?

yea i thought there was, it's obviously extremely small yet does the job just fine. i wonder why the likes of the dacmagic, vdac etc cost so much money considering they only contain a few inputs and a tiny dac chip? there must be big money to be made from dacs...

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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 11:48PM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?

More earth-shatteringly acute observations to follow.

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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 11:53PM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?
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Yes, and they are all made by HSBC (a Government owned garage exclusively manned by ex tank mechanics.)

i bet you googled that...
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Tue, Mar 1 2011, 11:58PM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?

It's now hard to tell whether this is an extended wind-up.

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Wed, Mar 2 2011, 12:01AM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?
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How else does the music reach your ears? 

God, if I'm wrong I'll hang my head in shame.

so you weren't sure? i was pretty sure..
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Wed, Mar 2 2011, 12:08AM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?
datay:
It's now hard to tell whether this is an extended wind-up.

Usually is...

Think this one may be headed for a rant about what a rip-off standalone DACs are when an iPod shuffle already has a DAC built-in and costs not very much at all.

Would get the comfy chair and popcorn, but have a bus to catch...

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Wed, Mar 2 2011, 12:15AM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?

not a rant andrew, i'm just curious.. 

digital audio data is a numerical representation of the analogue signal, a dac converts the digital data to analogue, i presume therefore that for different dacs to sound, well, different, that they must add some colouration? to give them their "house sound" if you will?

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Wed, Mar 2 2011, 12:49AM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?

Here we go again...

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Wed, Mar 2 2011, 8:03AM
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Re: is there a dac in an ipod shuffle?
Andrew Everard:
Here we go again...


spot on with the prediction Andrew...don't suppose you have an inkling about the lottery tonight by any chance...?

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