DJ solution: Play one track, monitor another

I use my Macbook as a DJ, just playing tracks through iTunes, with a headphone-to-RCA adapter connected to the mixing box. What I'd like is a way to play one track out to the mixer, while playing a different track to my headphones so I can pre-hear songs to pick the next track. Now, the only way I can do taht is to drag the song to my iPod, un-mount the iPod, then play it off the iPod. That's a lot of steps and it's too easy to accidentally play the track I want to screen. I expect this would be a hardware and software solution requiring a device connected via USB.

That's not helping. It's just a software solution and it only sees MP3s in my iTunes library. Also, since it's software only, it doesn't answer the problem: two independent audio outputs.
I don't need anything fancy, like mixing. My DJ needs are simple. I play mostly swing and jazz music at casual swing dance evens. iTunes handles my needs fine, as far as the main output to the mixer is concerned. I just need a way to screen songs without interrupting the one playing. Since there's only one audio output on the computer, this will require a hardware solution. Ideally, the software will either work seamlessly with my iTunes Library, including playlists, or will be a plug-in for iTunes.
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