Thanks for all the great advice and observations! I will try and and answer the questions that arose out of your answers, and maybe provide more insight in what I am trying to achieve: Ralf - Thanks for the Onboard Video advice. We plan to use our Android phone, or an IPad....But, may add a small mo...

In our new [dreamed of] stereo I would like to feed the integrated amp - via a DAC - with both a cd transport and a (dedicated) Music Server. The Music Server must be silent, and horizontal, to fit in with the rest of the stereo components. I would like to use an SSD just for the operating system. T...