iPod headphone to RCA jacks adapter cable

Hey Steve, A PureDigital i20 is on the way! Now, what kind of digital output cable should I use and to where does it go? Thanks for your help/ Mark

...and, in the mean time while I wait the the i20 stereo dock, shall I reupload the iTune songs with Apple's 'lossless encoding', and, if so, how? Appreciatively

The Nano has uploaded songs from my CDs directly: AAC, 128kbps at 44.100 rate.

Steve, I have not gotten complete and accurate audiophyle information from any Apple person!!!

Just spoke with an Apple tech-guy. This is what he said.
(I just received the PureDigital i20 stereo dock and need to buy an optical cable so I can route the songs to my California Audion Labs D/A converter. But, I will do nothing until I hear from you and the Audiogon forum to make sure)

A senior tech said that my iPod Nano's 4 gig hard drive is too small to upload songs 'losslessly'. Currently, 287 songs take-up 1/3 of its hard drive space and with lossless re-ripping (necessary to do since the current upload quality is inferior) will take-up up to 10x more hard drive space.

Please help. Yours and his file size statements are quite different. Need I re-rip from the CDs to get CD-quality sound from the iPod through the i20 stereo dock? If not, how (and, can)shall I reprocess the already recorded songs at iTunes?

Thank you for your time.
Appreciatively,
Mark

Yo Steve,
Thanks for the clarity.
After all this good information, I never got the i20 to work so off it went to the seller for a full refund!
Shall I buy another or research another model or brand?
Hope you are having a nice weekend.
Appreciatively,
Mark

I used an optical cable to connect to the California Audion Labs Delta D/A devise. After the manufacturer advised through email exchanges that the devise was defective I returned it and Amazon credited me for the entire cost including shipping. I will re-rip the CDs with 'lossless' coding then buy another i20. Thank you for your advise.

thank you, Greg