Car use: dock output vs. headphone jack

I use my iPod extensively in my car - - through a cassette adapter, with sound from the headphone jack.
Am considering purchasing the Belkin Auto Kit for iPod w/ Dock Connector (dual charger plus sound from the dock port area). Would doing this - - and getting sound from the 'bottom' of the iPod - - provide significantly better sound than from the headphone jack?
Thanks.

so i have my ipod plugged into the back (aux) portion of my deck, this cord feeds though and i plug my in my ipod through the headphone jack (only distortion comes at very high volumes). i have it set up this way so that i can use the ipod itself to select a song. now for the question: do they make a product that allows me to plug my ipod into my deck but use the conection at the bottom of the ipod and still use the ipod to select the music (thus getting charged while playing music without the use of the headphone jack)?
I hope this wasnt to jumbled.
(i had an actual ipod adapter and although the quality is good, attempting to actual select the specific song you want to hear is the biggest pain in the butt EVER, mainly b/c you must use your eck to select the song, the only way to listen to it is on a playlist, otherwise you might crash)
thanks
austin

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