Need help with digital music setup for house


All, thanks in advance for any help.
I am looking to change to a digital based music library, just cd's and some iTunes now. If anyone can point me to articles or other place to read up, I willing to do, just difficult to find comprehensive direction.

Goal is to have digital library of music available on all 4 floors of house. Attic room is where best permanent system is. First floor is next most important. Not likely I can hardwire all locations together. Will give up on networked solution, if updating each location with expanding library is fairly straight forward

Background:

Attic room equipment:
Musical Fidelity A5 amp and cd player;
Anthony Galloway 3.1 speakers;
Power conditioner:
Apple tv;
Pioneer Kuro 60 "plasma:
Cable TV box, and wireless internet;
DELL laptop that can be dedicated to music.

Goal: best quality flac, dsd sound, add turntable, NAS. Ideally have similar convenience of preview/downloading music on TV with apple remote.
preliminary thoughts: ifi dac or pro, teac or marantanz dac. Does copter based system limit tv monitor use with a remote.?

2nd floor bathroom;
Built-in ceiling speakers,
Outlaw audio receiver;
Multi disc cd changer (poor condition)
Goal:play digital music from same digital library )
3rd on priority list and doesn't factor into budget.

1st floor:

Building book shelves (think library style) for wife. Want to build in wall speakers for clean look (Martin logan).

Goal:
Wife will want cean, compact, fewest pieces of equipment with easy to use and sort/select music system, with display to see selection. Play digital music from same library.
Preliminary thoughts: integrated music server (with amp, dac, and storage)

Basement:
Utilize old, but working nakamichi 40 watt receiver to,play digital library.This is 4th on priority list and doesn't factor into budget.

Budget for Attic and 1st floor: $2500-3k.
other rooms , later at least expensive cost.

Thanks again.
audiouny

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First, thanks for the very detailed and thorough reply! I have been trying to read up and get educated. I just had read an audiostream article on NAS networked for whole house music. Your view supports what they are saying on a solid network. I've given more thought and think I can hardwire to all locations with a little bit of effort. My house is a 100 year old tudor. However....I has been looking at products like Auralic Aries and their mini, which can do pcm and dsd wireless. I want to future proof my system to extent possible and liked the thought of dsd capability and wireless no less. Are you saying that the dacs in the system should all be hardwired back to NAS or the streamers also? I was orginally thinking computer based, but like the thought of a pupose built streamer. I really want, phone, tablet or TV monitor to display and control selection wirelessly.

Thanks again as there is a lot to absorb and I have to research every new term and meaning and not all equipment manufacturers are transparent as to what there products actually are or do. Any additional thoughts are much appreciated.