I picked up a used Acronova Nimbie CD ripper and am gradually making my way through converting about 1500 CD's to lossless. I chose ALAC format since most of our gear is apple though I could easily convert to FLAC. The music is stored on a synology NAS. Synology has a few medial library servers options including an itunes server.

But what are the best options for listening in the house?

I have an Anthem 720 Receiver with my apple TV connected via HDMI. I'm a bit doubtful of the expensive DAC's on the market. They seem highly overpriced. I 'm not adverse to something raspberry PI based though. I've got a spare with a good quality audio daughter board (pisound) for music making. But the apple TV is probably more convenient.

Any suggestions?

Thx!