I want to play my ipod through my vintage receiver... Which product should I buy?

The major allure of the MP3 format is you get relatively good sound out of a very small (compressed) file. The way this is accomplished is by shaving off some of both the high and low end of the audio spectrum during the compression process. See this wikki page a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3" rel="nofollow"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3/a for more information about MP3 technology. That being said, the perception of "sound quality" is a purely subjective issue. So, in answer to you query about connecting an iPod to you Technics SA 200, my recommendation is for you NOT to get too hung up on the concept of sound quality. Meaning, using a more expensive cable will NOT render better sound quality as it has already been compromised. Save yourself some money and just use the "Y" cable to connect your iPod via the headphone jack as it will likely render sound that is just as good as using the more expensive type of cable that connects via the multi pin port on the bottom. BTW, Radio Shack stocks both of these types of cables and has a rather liberal return policy, so you may want to consider comparing the sound quality of both cables for yourself and then just keep the one you like best.