I am part of the digital generation and because of that, I own just a couple cds and an iPod. I have a ton of songs on it, but all I have right now is a $5 cable to connect it to my reciever. I would like a better, higher quality way to get the songs from my iPod to my F3's. However, there are a million different iPod docks from $5 to $1000's+. What's the best "affordable" one out there? By affordable, I mean somewhere around or under maybe $250? Thanks.

 What brand is your receiver?  Most companies make their own docks that you can control with the same remote as the receiver.  I have a Denon dock for my Denon receiver and it works well, I think it cost me $130- $150.  Sounds a lot better than with the little headphone cable.  The only downside to mine is that I prefer to scroll through songs with the wheel than with the remote because the remote scrolls super slow.