servers

Hello,

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post my question.

I have recently purchased great new electronics and have new (Maggie 20.7) speakers on order. I have also found new music (thanks to Audiogon) so I have the music as well as the equipment.

I would like to purchase some sort of music server now so that when the new speakers come I could listen to my collection of CD's and the occeasional download.

My dealer (beloved and used for over 20 years) suggests that I should wait on purchasing any kind of music server since the technology is changing so rapidly.

But I'm getting older now and not later - and if I keep waiting for years I could likely keep waiting for more years.

So can anyone recommend a music server system that-

1: Give great fidelity to my current CD's?
2: Be easy to remote control from my sofa?
3: Allow the possibility for high fidelity downloads if I ever more in that direction?
4: Offer backups and flexibility so that if it ever crashes I wouldn't have to start over.

I have read the articles in TAS but unfortunately they confuse me more than they enlighten me.