New: Red Wine Audio iMod For Fifth Gen iPods

Red Wine Audio was showing off their new Fifth Generation iPod iMod complete with their custom hardware modifications at HES this weekend.

"So for the upcoming 5G iMod, I will take the line-out signal directly off of the internal Wolfson DAC and hard wire it to the dock connector. Just like the 4G iMod that I've been doing, this will bypass the stock opamp output stages, stock signal coupling caps before and after the op-amp, the tiny board traces, and other components in the signal path (resistors, inductors, etc.). The custom ALO cable will contain the upgraded signal coupling caps inside of the dock connector plug of the cable." - Red Wine Audio

Since the units are using the dock port to send out the signal, they must be run on the battery alone. A custom adapter cable must also be used and they can be purchased from ALO Audio.

We got to hear the one pictured in person and it sounded great.

The iMod for Fifth Gen iPods should be available at the end of this month for $249.00 + $15.00 shipping/handling (customer supplied iPod).

- Red Wine Audio