Can you plug the Iphone directly to the Amp? or do I need a Head Unit?
590726
Yes you can. You need a Phono to RCA cord to make it happen. Obviously you need to hook the amp up the normal way to make it happen other than the stereo connection. If you want the iPod to control both inputs you will also need 2 of the RCA splitters 1 female to 2 male to split the signal for both inputs. Good luck.
590727
You will need a head unit. Their are many on the market that allow Iphones to plug in with a USB port on the front of the unit. Hope this helps & Good Luck!
590728
You need a head unit or stereo with RCA outputs. I guess if you have a cable that went from you I phone to an RCA input I might work. But it may not sound very good.
590729
Plug directly in, it will sounds the same as anything else you plug into the RCA jacks of the amp. Just make sure you have the correct adaptor and it will sound awesome.
1642850
Normally, that would hook up to the back of the head unit in the boat. If you plan on using just the iPod hook up you can simply wire nut the blue wire in with your red power wire, unfortunately this means your amp will constantly be on, so if you toss a simple switch in there, you can turn the amp on and off if you can't simply pull the fuse between uses.
1618943
You probably don't "need" it because apple devices usually don't have trouble powering headphones, but I recommend buying it. This amp can really make headphones blast!
915842
If its from a iphone. You need the right cord though. It should come with the head unit. The usb is in the rear.
1596297
You will have to purchase one. To date I have updated the amp via Bluetooth through my iPad.
286485
Yes you can use it by iphone or ipod. It is Ok to listen. For best effect, you need an amplifier.
1480431
I have them on a radio cooler with an amp and run an auxillary cord from the amp... then plug my iphone into it to play music.
668416
No amp required, but I use it with a small portable headphone DAC/Amp when I connect tony laptop and they sound amazing. I also use with no amp attached to iPhone and the sound is fuller than my Shure IEMs
1386829
You don't really ever "need" an amp/DAC combo. The problem is that the DAC that is used in the iPhone is okay, but not really the best available, largely to keep the cost of the iPad and iPhone competitive. A really good DAC will have better harmonic distortion, linearity and noise characteristics than what Apple puts into the iPhone or iPad.
1554166
You can. But to avoid possible defects with the battery, use the amp designated for phones.
1283843
You can plug directly into a receiver if you are using headphones like the ATH-M50 with Impedance of 50 ohms or less, anything higher will need a headphone amp and even lower impedance headphones will benefit.
1423639
No. I have it set up without one. I have my speakers plugged directly into it, and a bluetooth receiver plugged into it as well. With this set up, I transmit from my iphone/ipad via bluetooth and get very nice sound without a separate amp.
943490
Your Alpine unit should plug in direct to the amp. I did not need any additional wiring.
562265
You cannot just hook up an iphone to anything like this. You need a mixer and and amplifier or an amplifed mixer to actually run a PA system. THEN you need the correct interface to connect the iPhone to the mixer. Depending on the quality of the mixer, which will most certainly be of the Crap level if you are buying these speakers, you will need an 1/8" to rca adapter cable. Based on your question you are way out of your league, even with these cheap throw-away speakers.
1573554
I don´t believe that you need an amplifier since has all the possibilities to be install to the head unit directly.
123845
The head unit I bought uses Bluetooth to connect. So I didn't need it. You will have use an adapter for iPhone 5 to work with this. Audio only
1249868
You can use the aux input. You'll need good speakers or else the amp will just make the music rough and distorted.