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Noob alert!

Ok, that over. I'm always very willing to learn and don't really give a flying about the theory, but i'll happily give a listen in and definitely be up for a bit of soldering!

So I want (don't we all) a way to get .flac songs into a small device, from my pc, (ideally a SD card) and be able to plug it into my car ( I need a decent powersupply too so any help is loved ), to output through my Headunit ( the headunit i'm looking at currently only has spdif input. ) So from .flac files on ideally an SD card to an spdif output.

What can you guys give to me?

I have a basically brand new iPod ( so no modding yet ), however we all know the DAC on the iPod is it's major downfall.

So i'm after anything that is movable ( I'd prefer solid state though ) , which can play .flac and output to spdif ( also after a suitable 12-14.4v ps ).
I would seriously only need a change track button (one forward and backwards would be nice), also an on and off switch ( which could work off the remote off the headunit, so be integrated into the ps ).

Thanks in advance. 😀
 
The i-river i have looked into, however I dislike the small storage (relatively).
Is there anyway to modify an i-river to take a larger SD card?

Thanks

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The i-river also has optical spdif out, i'd need electrical ( the rca kind ).
There's another thread in here like what i'm after but i believe it only has i2s output...
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digital-source/140538-lossless-sd-card-player.html
 
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I'm always very willing to learn and don't really give a flying about the theory, but i'll happily give a listen in and definitely be up for a bit of soldering!

Yes! Yes! Yes! Someone that cares about the actual sound of something and not how many oversampled bits can fit in his shorts! 😀

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Nothing useful to contribute... just had to say that :deer:

Cheers!
 
What can i say? :deer:
Thanks msb64.
The mp3 player looks good, but it still doesn't have a spdif output.
SPdif output is a must, the file formats don't matter all that much (wav or flac), it's just to store a large amount of data which can easily be pulled off my computer. (Just like my ipod is doing on my current unit).

I've seen this: ELM - Simple SD Audio Player with an 8-pin IC

That's what i'm after, just a cleverer one so it outputs to spdif not analogue, also so it has a return button too not just a forwards one.
I don't want any fancy screens, or volume buttons, or anything like that, just a chip or 2 , bit of wire, odd resistor here and there, a few caps maybe, touch of soldering, sd card holder, and sdpif connector.
Lovely!

Is there really nothing out there like this?
 
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