One suggestion would be to: (i) buy a Mac Mini ($700), (ii) upgrade the hard drive to an SSD ($300), (iii) buy Amarra software front end to iTunes ($295). Buy an iTouch ($200) if you do not have already. For under $1,500 you can play back 16/44, 24/96, 24/192 from the comfort of your listening seat looking at cover art with the iTouch (running the Mac Mini headless without a monitor). The sound quality is absolutely stellar with the SSD and Amarra. Many people with seriously high end systems are going this route over all alternatives as the best sounding (cost no object) way to play back digital media. Check out computeraudiophile website if interested.