Connecting I-pod to Integrated Amplifiers

Make sure to connect to the dock (line out) as opposed to using the headphone out on the ipod. That way, you will be bypassing the Ipod's internal amplifier, and using your own amplifier instead. Plug the cable that the big nerd is talking about into the dock.

Mapleleafs3 - You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

I would be surprised if you could tell the difference between an ipod's line out playing apple lossless files and any <= $500 cd player

Have you ever even listened to an ipod hooked up via line out playing lossless files? Or are you "guessing" ?