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I am not familiar with the X-Box, but I bet it does the job of storage and playback pretty well.

Does it have a digital output? If so I would consider buying an outboard DAC (digital to audio converter) to improve the sound.

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Or, strip down an old computer by taking off all the programs except your music program, get a sound card with a digital out (preferably one that will deal with 24/96 files), use your dac or buy one for less than $500 and get ready to listen to amazing music. Heck, I just use my receiver dac as I am still trying to get up and running after the flood.

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I agree with elk, just buy a Music Fidelity V-DAC for $299 or an HRT Musicstreamer for $99 from Musicdirect.com. Assuming the xbox360 you have has an optical output? Then run a pair of RCA cables from the DAC output to your receiver/amp. This should offer a decent bump in sound quality.

Unfortunately this scenario won't address any concerns you may have about the xbox360's reliability and sometimes prone hard-drive failures. Or the limitations with music library management if this configuration.

Another option would be to buy a Logictech Touch and utilize your home PC and the Squeezebox server software. This would be a fairly inexpensive option also that will put you on a better upgrade path later down the road.

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