ipod as source?

i want the digital signal from ipod without using the internal headphone amp or dac that sounds less than stellar. i realize apple has the digital out coded and the wadia or decco or a european only toshiba or onkyo dock are the only tools to do this presently. just wondered if anybody knew some other way.....thanks

thanks. lots of good ways to get around the ipod thing. i,m using a ibookg4 to stream. i,m sure one day soon someone will make a unit. the wadia is nice but i,d rather just buy more music than duplicate another source anyway. just like to use all the toys ha

thanks i.ll try one

took your advice and started using a dock and the sound improvement was great. not as good as thru my vdac and cd player but still much improved