Is This A Possible Work Around for Lack of Firewire Syncing?

I just learned that Apple discontinued firewire syncing on the newer iPods. Oh well, so much for using my sexy Cube as an iTunes server any more since it's non-expandable...
I just came across this firewire hard drive enclosure from OWC.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ministack-usb
It sports a built in USB2 jack. Does anyone out there own this enclosure AND a 5G iPod? I, and a whole lot of other people, would be grateful if you could plug your Pod into the USB2 jack of this device and report on whether or not it works...
Thanks in advance.

Whoops, wrong link:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ministack/
So my exact idea is this:
I want to get a 5G iPod, but don't want to deal with the slow transfer rate of USB 1.1.
Now lets say I buy this enclosure and tell iTunes to use it as my iTunes library destination.
If I connect a 5G iPod to the USB 2 port on the enclosure, the million dollar question is will the transfer rate from the iPod to the iTunes library on that enclosure happen at USB 2 speeds.
Does that make sense? I wouldn't be transferring any data between the computer and the iPod, so technically I wouldn't need USB 2 on the mac. Right?
Now that I think of it, I guess I'm also assuming you can daisy chain USB 2 devices like firewire devices.
Thanks for all of your posts!
-Phil
PB 1.5ghz G4, Dual 1ghz G4, 450mhz Cube etc.... Mac OS X (10.3.8)

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