2006-10-11 00:08:29 · 6 answers · asked by ? 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
Flint has given you a good answer - the quality should be good if you turn the volume down on the Ipod. You may need a mixer or pre-amp, but I doubt it. The bass may be not quite right. that can be fixed with a bigger output capacitor on your amplifier. maplin sell those. But unless you are very fussy - or get no bass - don't bother.
2006-10-11 01:45:02 · answer #1 · answered by Mike10613 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've actually connected my iPod Video to my DJ equipment to play a couple songs I didn't happen to have on CD. I connected a 3/8 minijack to the RCA inputs of the mixer (A Denon DN-800). I had to turn the volume on the iPod almost to the max, and the gain on the channel on the mixer way up to get a line-level input from the iPod.
My system is about 2400 Watts, and it was up pretty high that night, and it sounded great - I didn't notice any appreciable difference from CD-quality. Most of my MP3's are ripped at 192Kbs - this seems to give me the best ratio of sound quality and file size...
2006-10-11 05:57:03 · answer #2 · answered by qetyl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually, the quality of the sound is going to depend upon the amplifier, and the quality of the speakers.
I would try hooking up your iPod, and have your sound turned down low (in the bottom 1/3), and control the sound volume through the PA system.
Understand that if the sound is muddied, or just generally not good - it's not the iPod's fault. Most PA systems aren't designed to handle that sort of range - they're mostly intended for the spoken word - not music.
Good luck to you.
2006-10-11 00:19:52 · answer #3 · answered by Flint 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can can connect your iPod. you just need a 3.5mm jack plug to whatever input connector your PA system takes.
As for quality, that depends entirely on the quality of the songs stored on your iPod. If you use mp3's you want a minimum bitrate of 192 to get something that doesn't sound totally rubbish. 360 is better, uncompressed audio is even better, but you can't fit so many songs on the iPod. Most mp3s seem to have a bitrate of 128. It sounds OK, but can get a bit fuzzy on the bass and shreiky on the top end.
2006-10-11 00:20:56 · answer #4 · answered by junkmonkey1983 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont connect it direct into the pa you will need to preamp it first i.e via a mixer.
2006-10-11 00:28:30 · answer #5 · answered by HUGGY 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah you can get an adapter to connect it and it will sound great!
2006-10-11 00:19:56 · answer #6 · answered by voodoobluesman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋