iPod touch lighting via 30pin adapter vs Aux 3.5

[shadowshow]

Possibly a stupid question so apologies in advance.

Connecting an iphone 5 via adaptor to a 30pin sound dock. Would the sound quality be any different from connecting via a 3.5 aux lead ?

The adapter makes it look ungainly and wobbly.. hence the question to see if I can get away with a lead !


many thanks simon

 

[RoboWarriorSr]

The lightning to 30 pin adaptor doesn't allow audio if it's the same official adaptor we're talking about...

 

[carlgo]

In my car I have a 3.5 Aux to the car's sound system, a 30-pin cable that branches out into the Aux and also the cigarette lighter adapter for charging. The Genuine Apple 30 to 8 adapter adapts this to the 5s mounted on the dash.

The sound is excellent and can be controlled by the car's steering wheel controls. When a phone call comes in, the music turns down automatically.

I have read that the adapter does not work for video, at least with a set-up like mine.

 

[Pakaku]

Apple's online store claims it can support audio output. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD823ZM/A/lightning-to-30-pin-adapter

I'm under the impression that digital sound will always be better than over aux, if even slightly, although I seriously doubt it makes any practical difference in a noisy environment like a car out on the road.

 

[biohead]

The genuine adapter does allow audio - it's video that doesn't work. I'd go for that route over aux as it should sound better and a decent dock will also charge the phone at the same time.

 

[zioxide]

The lightning to 30 pin adaptor doesn't allow audio if it's the same official adaptor we're talking about...

Yes it does. I have the Apple Lightning to 30 pin adaptor hooked up to a 30-pin to USB/AUX Y-Cable in my car. It charges via the USB and plays audio out into my stereo thru the AUX.. both through the lightning port.

 

[zorinlynx]

The audio output on the adapter (like the real 30 pin port on older phones) is a line-level audio output. Depending on your audio equipment, this may sound better or worse than a headphone jack output.

In my particular car, the line level output actually overdrove the cassette adapter I use, so I wasn't able to use it and had to go back to the headphone jack.

 

[RoboWarriorSr]

Yes it does. I have the Apple Lightning to 30 pin adaptor hooked up to a 30-pin to USB/AUX Y-Cable in my car. It charges via the USB and plays audio out into my stereo thru the AUX.. both through the lightning port.

Maybe it didn't work on docks, remembering seeing an article on Engadget and an Apple employee telling me this.

 

[carlgo]

An interesting thing was that when I hooked up the new 5s to the old cable with the adapter, it seemed like the sound was better than with the old phone without an adapter.

Both playing thru the pins and not the headphone jack, and I have to set my car mode to "aux".

Wasn't expecting this, and wasn't even thinking about it, but it struck me right away that, hey, why is this sounding better? I can't believe the 5s sounds better than a 3g, at least I don't think there has been a claim that there is some improvement. Or is there?