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How is the new interface?
I am waiting for a new car with ipod interface, but the one I saw was a bit disapointing. It uses the audio output for headphones for the audio signal, and this way it's impossible to achieve good audio quality.
The only way to achieve good audio quality with an ipod is to access the audio signal in its digital form, via usb (or maybe there is a connector in the interface that can output a i2s or spdif signal) but very few ipod interfaces use it. One of these is the Wadia ipod dock. And of course, the files have to be of good quality, surely not mp3. By the way, does the audio system recognize aiff files?
I will try the ipod interface, but I am convinced I'll end up using a portable hard disk instead of the ipod. Maybe a WD passport with 500G, which is almost the size of an ipod, and feeds on the usb port. I hope the buffers are enough to play without hiccups on less than perfect roads...
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