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Gear / Technical Help => Battery Boxes, Preamps, Mixers, ADCs, and Processors => Topic started by: bobsmith19 on January 24, 2008, 09:06:28 PM
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Hey, with all the interest in the Aerco MP-2, it's got me thinking about one. What do I need/would I need/could I use to go between the MP-2 and the digital input on my iriver H120? From what I can tell the MP-2 has got analog RCA out (left and right), and a miniplug (also analog I assume). Any suggestions? I looked at the Mini-DAC, but it seems to be digital in and analog out. I think I'd need the opposite in this case.
My other question might seem dumb, but I'll play devil's advocate. Why not just go analog into the iriver?
I would think you'd want to avoid the lower quality line-in on the iriver and use it strictly as a digital bit bucket.
Can someone please set me straight? Thanks, Bob.
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An SBM1 w/ optical cable would be great for what you describe. There's one in the yard sale now:
http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,97598.0.html
What you need is a true analog-to-digital converter. The sbm1 is one, as well as apogee ad-1000/ad-500. Mytek makes some nice ones. Could use a ua-5 but I'd avoid that if possible (redundant gain stages). You could also use your ad-20 but would need some attenuator cables to decrease the signal going into the ad-20 otherwise you'll overload the iriver (again, because of too much gain).