New Network receiver or wireless transporter?

[Arianova]

I am an audiophile, but a PC geek at the same time - and I have managed to collect a huge library of music on Hard drive, with all my titles on FLAC uncompressed format or max mp3 quality for tracks I don't really care about quality.

My system is currently:
Yamaha DSP-A1
B&W 603 s2 front
B&W CC6 s2 center
B&W 601 back
SB Audigy 2 digitally connected to yamaha
Sony CD player digitally connected (VERY low jitter)

The question is: If I was to spend £1000 to remove the computer from my living room, keep access to my HD music library and improve my sound at the same time, which is the best of the following options and why?

1) Get a Yamaha RX-V3800 that connects to my HD library, improves my sound, and connectivity options and gives an all round boost to my system
2) Get a w3.slimdevices.com/pi_transporter.html Transporter which connects much easier with my library, has far superior DACs than the Yammy and can be used DAC for my DVD player?
3) Other option? Please don't suggest to dump the HD music library and use my CD player

Your answers are MUCH appreciated on this issue

 

[MDS]

Option 2 - the Transporter.

Network capable receivers are still very flaky and there are lots of complaints about them. Even when they work ok they are still not as flexible as an external streaming device.

 

[bandphan]

i agree with mds, however the new pioneer elites comming out are supposed to be much improved

 

[cutter]

squeezebox or sonos

Two grand seems like a lot to spend on a transporter... If you have the scratch to spend, go for it. Otherwise, more cost effective options would be a squeezebox duet or sonos system. I've said in several other posts that I have tried both, but I went with sonos, and I love it. Bottom line is that it is so cool to have fingertip access to a library of 20,000 songs-- no matter what you decide to use! Good luck...