Yep, current amp has no network connection (or digital inputs). I have a separate AV amp, but it's not good enough for stereo music. Storage wise I'm looking at at least 2 Terabytes at the bitrate I want...
Looks like this is exactly what you need. You can build a small PC for around £250, that will meet your needs. You can get a mini-itx case that will accommodate a dedicated sound card and HDD's. Something like this
http://www.ebuyer.co...se-rc-120a-kkn1
with this motherboard
http://www.ebuyer.co...d-ga-j1800n-d2h
+PSU, RAM, HDD's and sound card.
Not sure about a separate PC; it would need to boot up in milliseconds and I'd have no display to see any of the library?
Exactly the kind of thing I'm looking at, but that is a streamer and I need storage, plus that has it's own amp built in and I want to use my existing amplification. The Olive 6 looks like the kind of thing I need http://www.digitaltr...ve-06hd-review/ but it is rather expensive.....
Scroll down the page a bit, the naim media servers are very good, they also have on-board CD drive to help with the ripping and 2tb of storage, but they are a big investment.