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Originally Posted by alewifebp
Same here. It surely has to do with the design of the iPod integration that the sound is transmitted through the RCA plug instead of being directly processed by the stereo.
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you hit the nail on the head...
playing music via a usb stick means the the data is transferred to the X5 for decoding while playing via ipod means the x5 tells the ipod what to transmit via the AUX input which is analog.
This is off topic but I am a firm believer that ipod sound quality is inferior to many other (cheaper) mp3 players. I "inherited" my son's Sansa when I got him an itouch and the Sansa just blows the itouch away in sound quality via headphones.