MP3 into Amp

[mlr]

Hi,

I've got a Sansui Au717 and my kid has an Apple Music player. Can I hook this into my amp, and if so how?
He's driving me nuts so any help would bring some peace here. Thanks.

[hjames]

Hi,

I've got a Sansui Au717 and my kid has an Apple Music player. Can I hook this into my amp, and if so how?
He's driving me nuts so any help would bring some peace here. Thanks.

Shouldn't be too hard - but some money is involved, of course.

By "Apple Music Player" I will guess you mean an iPod of some kind.
Usually an iPod has a 30-pin multi-connector on the bottom.
You buy an iPod docking station or a cable that converts that to a pair of RCA phono type connectors
and just feed that into an AUX input. That works very well and makes sure the levels and impedance match.

The cheap solution is to get a stereo mini (headphone) adapter to pair of RCA connectors (cable at Radio Shack or similar)
and just run the signal out of the headphone jack and into the AUX input on your amp.
But you can get distortion and such doing it that way, and if your kid turns the volume up too high on the iPod
you can overdrive your AUX in, and maybe damage it and/or your speakers.

[mlr]

Hi, and thanks for the info. Yes it's an ipod. When my family saw the post they just about shit themselves laughing at the old man and my ancient data base.
Anyhoo... I'll get the multi-pin to RCA conversion jacks and have a go. Thanks again.