thanks so much for your reply.
its funny, ive been pondering a way to bring in music from a source like an ipod. i knew the Wadia could bypass the ipods DAC, but i was afraid i would have to spend a huge (to me) amount of money of a good DAC, but as you just mentioned i could just use the digital in on the cd player.
dont know why i didnt think of that myself. rest assured, i will do no shooting :-)