I'm after a digital music machine, as I'm fed up of rooting through hundreds of CDs. Ideally I'd be able to put CDs directly into it and have them stored losslessly, have track names assigned and album art found etc. I'd also like it to be able to handle bog standard MP3s for the albums I've bought but which have been scratched to death sliding around the floor of the car (no, really).
And I'd like it to have a decent interface - preferably plug into the telly and control it with a remote.
Some ability to transfer to an external hard drive or over the network would be useful for backups and making up CDs for the car.
I don't want any extra gubbins in it - I already have a decent seperates system, so built in amps and thrown in speakers aren't needed.
Is there any middle ground between the slightly ropey looking stuff like the Brennan and the 4.5K Naim kit? I've had a meddle with GBPVR and MythTV etc in the past, which were OK but really far too much aggro to set up and keep working.
