Improvement over iBook as a front end


Hi, For many years now I have been using an old iBook as a front end, dedicated to music stored on an external drive. The DAC is in my pre-amp. Is there now a front end that would give me a big improvement over this set up? The rest of the system is audiophile (Primare pre-amp, Genelec monitors, REL subwoofers).
The key functionalities that I demand from any replacement are the ability to assign a genre to each tune, and to play in shuffle mode within each genre. Therefore, a CD player/transport is not an option. 

Your help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.



garbo

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Yes, I ended up buying a new DAC, the RME ADI 2, which includes jitter control and re-clocking. Even my wife said it sounds better, so it must be true.