External DAC for iPod and car stereo?

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Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it.

Like many of you, I find myself listening to more music in my car these days. Sure, I generally "approve" of the sound I get from the better than average stock car stereo in my BMW 535. 95%+ of the music comes from my iPod which only has full rez music on it ripped from CDs. I am always looking for cost effective ways to produce incrementally better sound. So, I am on a search.

PRODUCT SEARCH QUESTION: does this product exist...?...: An outboard, after-market DAC that bypasses Apple DAC, takes direct digital data and uses its own DAC to do conversion and then sends it via USB cable to my car stereo?

1. It would use an Apple connector on one end that would join the iPod to the DAC.
2. It would be powered by either batteries or by the USB cable in the car
3. It would then output to a USB cable that connects into the USB slot in my car.

Yes, I know that this product exists for headphones and for entry level products like Pure i20.

Have any of you seen or heard of such a product for car audio?
thanks,
Ian

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Topic - External DAC for iPod and car stereo? - Ian Mackenzie 09:16:46 05/26/13 (10)

RE: External DAC for iPod and car stereo? - bmelton 05:46:56 07/30/13 (0)

I use an inexpensive dock... - mkuller 20:07:58 05/27/13 (0)

What year BMW 535 ? Which iPod ? - AbeCollins 19:49:37 05/27/13 (4)

Same setup in my BMWs - SamA 07:35:17 05/31/13 (1)

RE: Same setup in my BMWs - AbeCollins 13:19:26 05/31/13 (0)

very cool setup - thanks for sharing! - panhead 05:34:49 05/29/13 (0)

RE: What year BMW 535 ? Which iPod ? - Ian Mackenzie 19:55:04 05/27/13 (0)

RE: External DAC for iPod and car stereo? - Awe-d-o-file 14:26:11 05/26/13 (2)

RE: External DAC for iPod and car stereo? - Ian Mackenzie 18:49:14 05/26/13 (1)

RE: External DAC for iPod and car stereo? - Awe-d-o-file 09:53:36 05/27/13 (0)

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