Has anyone stumbled upon a “master of it all - wife supportive CD-drive included” piece of hardware? Prefer that it has some coaxial or optical output to my Mutec MC-3+ Smart Clock USB. The feed ends in active monitors so no need for DAC in the unit I am looking for.
Apple Mac Mini and add an external CD/DVD drive for $80. B&H has a Mac Min for $399. 1/8 head phone jack is also optical out.
Great thing about the Apple OS is almost everyone writes software for the platform; Roon, Spotify, Tidal, etc. You don’t get locked into the audio manufacturers determination on what music service or platform that you need. You actually get to decide.