iPod docking station - Belkin vs Wadia vs Arcam

If you want convienance, not going to use an external DAC, and would like to change songs without getting up, you can use a long mini to stereo (red & white) cable. I am currently using a 16' Zu pivot cable. This allows me to sit back in my listening chair and have the Ipod in my hand.

Note: I also am curently in the market for the Wadia dock to transport to my Cambridge 840C CDP DAC inputs.

Someone said the Krell Kid sounds better than the Wadia. That defies logic and I highly doubt the possibility.

The Krell has tone controls to manage the awful sound of the IPOD. Is that supposed to be good? The Wadia bypasses the sound management of the Ipod and delivers bit-perfect digital music to however good of a system you have. I have the Wadia going in to a Pre with tone controls and the tone controls aren't needed because the sound (using lossless music files) is as good as any CD player I've heard.

Correct if I am wrong. Using the Wadia transport with a DAC, can the DAC be hooked up to a preamp that does not have a digital input? Both of my 2 channel preamps inputs are all RCAs. I am currently using my iPod dock with 1/4" plug out to 2 RCA males (the *onster brand).

Wadia ITransport to DAC of choice by digital cable. DAC to RCA cables to preamp, amp or receiver giving you digital audio conversion.
Using the Wadia lets you send a perfect digital bitstream to the DAC of choice, pricerange, etc.

I also have been thinking about the Wadia itransport. I like the idea of convenience, and also the ability to listen to other folks ipod collections while they drop in to visit. My question is the age/quality of a dac. A few years ago I bought a conrad johnson (non-tube) dac, vintage 1996, that I never got around to using. Would a dac of this age, with a quality digital interconnenct, work ok? Thanks, Dave