ITunes and other media streaming

Hey all,
I have recently acquired a new sound system, a set of B&W 685 speakers, a NAD receiver, and an external DAC. Currenly I use my airport express to stream music from my laptop (macbook pro retina) to the system, but unfortunately as my itunes library grows larger I am running out of space on my laptop.
What I am looking for is a solution to store and play my music from an external source through my sound system, preferably controlling it with my phone, and not having to turn on my computer every time I want to listen to some music. Based on that explanation it does sound a lot like a SONOS Connect with an external drive/NAS connected to it. But wait, there is more.
Additionally I would like to run a USB from this "solution" directly into my TV, thereby being able to display my media content (pictures and movies) that are stored externally directly on my tv. I know that D-Links Boxee Box is a great media player, but does it work to play music if the TV is turned off?
Please feel free to leave potential solutions to my conundrum and help me to build the "perfect" apple media streaming solution, where all data is stored and played from an external source.
Budget vise I am don't feel like spending more than $600 - $800, so keep the propositions within that budget.
Apple proucts used today: Iphone, MacBook Pro, and Airport Express.
Thanks guys !

Did you ever get this solved? I'm actually having the same problem. I've moved my library from old mac to new mac and everything is fine with the exception of the purchases. any time i try to migrate them into itunes, it crashes.

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Any iTunes 7.x user who manages their own music library outside of the "iTunes Music" folder might be able to tell you that iTunes DOES NOT respond well after manually moving tracks from one place to another on their computer systems. In fact, any file you move becomes immediately unplayable in iTunes. And, if you're anything like I am, losing several years worth of song rating metadata and playlists is not a good incentive for change. However, one thing others might not be able to tell you is that there's an easy workaround for the problem and you get to keep your playlists, ratings and other info. Read on to learn about the workaround.
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The workaround is a simple hack I devised after recently transferring a good portion of my music library between hard disks and running into problems with iTunes. The fix steps provided below are intended to circumvent the problems with iTunes and give users the freedom to move songs and other media files on their computers while maintaining the integrity of both the ratings and the playlists. Meaning you won't need to manually update the song locations in iTunes one-at-a-time, which, at version 7.02 is the only way to accomplish this task using the program.
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