The most inexpensive and perhaps even the BEST way to go is to burn all your cds on your computer's hard drive in wav format so your hard drive becomes a transport transporting error-free digital files into a USB dac like The Brick (a tubed filterless DAC from Wavelength Audio) for $1,750 new. You can control your cd collection from your computer or from a palm pilot if it has bluetooth and/or wifi to match with bluetooth or wifi on your computer (which you can add on if you currently don't have in your system.) Pretty cool.
If you need an external drive, I'd go for a Glyph drive. They're widely considered the best for audio, they're super quiet and very reliable...as opposed to a lacie or something you'd get at best buy. Sweetwater.com sells them.
Obviously you still need your amp/preamp and your computer needs to have the ability to communicate with them.
I have no experience doing this, just been researching. I'm going this direction currently.
You should check the wavelength site for correct ways to burn cds to your hard drive and other useful tips.
If you need an external drive, I'd go for a Glyph drive. They're widely considered the best for audio, they're super quiet and very reliable...as opposed to a lacie or something you'd get at best buy. Sweetwater.com sells them.
Obviously you still need your amp/preamp and your computer needs to have the ability to communicate with them.
I have no experience doing this, just been researching. I'm going this direction currently.
You should check the wavelength site for correct ways to burn cds to your hard drive and other useful tips.