Shoutcast In My Lounge

[fairyliquidizer]

Ok, guys whats the best solution. I want to listen to streaming internet radio (Shoutcast and ideally other formats too) in my front room. Short of moving my noisy, ugly PC in their what is the best
solution?

Requirements:

1. plays streaming internet radio
2. near-silent when idle (not noticeable)
3. plugs into my Creek amplifier


Ideas are so far:

1. Shuttle PC (could be too noisy) which I could make into a PVR
2. Audiotron (but restricts me to two of the four formats listed above)
3. Some sort of Via low noise machine running windows/linux.

Well what would you experts do.... remember quiet operation....? And no turning up the volume on my PC wont do ;-)

Thanks,
Fairy