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What is better in function, speed, and sound quality... to put music on to a usb flash drive or connect an ipod using the adapter?
it does distort or it doesn't... sorry, just trying to get it clear!No prob at all. My girlfriends car has an SRx 2s and the CD7200mkII does distord the sound.
Hope that helps,
Kelvin
i did end up getting the cd7200 with the ipod adapter...so did you get a Eclipse CD7200 mk II? Did you end up going with a thumb drive or ipod and adapter?
Just curious.
I will, mostly i'm going to be comparing it to my previous head unit (Alpine CDA-9835) and against my friend's Alpine CDA-9887...well thanks for the information on that. I hope you like it when you get it in. You should do a review of it when you get it installed and are using it.
Thanks for the information thats great to know.ok, here's the thing.
usb drives transmit all their data over the cable to the DAC (digital to analog converter)
of the eclipse 7200 and the ipod plays off its OWN DAC.
the 7200 has a MUCH superior dac to that of the ipod or the ipc106(whichever dac is in use), hence mp3s off usb are always going to sound better than the same mp3s on the ipod as a source.
then again, if you use ALAC(apple lossless) on your ipod (usb doesnt allow ALAC), your mp3 tracks from the usb drive are not going to sound as good as the ALACs from the ipod.
This is pretty accurate. The thumb drive is just digital files, the HU converts them into analog. On the Ipod, the files are processed through the ipod's DAC before it even goes into your HU. In that respect, the thumb drive theoretically wins in SQ. That doesn't mean you'll prefer using the thumb drive though, I would gather that the interface with the ipod will make controlling the songs easier than that of the USB. Also with the ipod, you can have lossless files, which you can't with the USB drive. This might give the SQ advantage to the ipod in the end. You'll have to try it out and report back.ok, here's the thing.
usb drives transmit all their data over the cable to the DAC (digital to analog converter)
of the eclipse 7200 and the ipod plays off its OWN DAC.
the 7200 has a MUCH superior dac to that of the ipod or the ipc106(whichever dac is in use), hence mp3s off usb are always going to sound better than the same mp3s on the ipod as a source.
then again, if you use ALAC(apple lossless) on your ipod (usb doesnt allow ALAC), your mp3 tracks from the usb drive are not going to sound as good as the ALACs from the ipod.