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... the pluto 2.1 speakers. must say i've never seen anything like that with regard to speakers. how much does the kit cost? i've been told speaker building can be pretty complicated. good luck.
I just have a PC with an internet connection; that is fine for streaming. I use Windows Media Player for ripping, organizing, playing and transferring music.A fairly basic PC is really all you need.
I have a pair of Audioengine 2 powered speakers connected to the audio output jack of the computer and that gives very good audio quality (16-bit CD quality). I assume that yours will be somwhat similar.
For ripping music from CDs or from the internet, I find that I get excellent sound quality from either WAV files or the 320K MP3 files. The lower-resolution MP3 files are not as good.
For portability, you can put 5 or 6 albums of music on a CDR, or 50 or so Albums of music on a 16 GB USB flash drive (using the 320K MP3 files), which costs less than 10 dollars.
I have 50 albums recorded on a flash drive stick and use it all the time in my Toyota Prius, which has a USB jack. That works out great.
The Pluto should be an easy build if you have any mechanical/electrical aptitude. Looks like tons of fun.