I think I'm going to go with this one unless I find a reason to use something else. http://audioengineusa.com/Store/Audioengine-D1 I don't really like the idea of an external box but I figure it's probably tuned and tested for my speakers. Converting everything over to an HTPC is great once it's done. It takes time. I was lucky enough to be working from home during the times that I was converting everything so I could load stuff into the drive when it was time. I was surprised to find out that all the software that you need is free so that's good but storage is expensive. I have 8 Terabytes in RAID right now and I've had to recode a lot of my Blu Ray to HQ MKV.