Okay, thanks everyone.

I think what I had in mind was something along the lines of the Arcam,
although I think that 400GB is a little bit mean when you consider that
160GB iPods have been around for a while. Surely if something is that
much physically bigger than an iPod it could be made with much more
storage space.

The Sooloos thing looks a good system, but I wouldn't be happy to invest
in a machine that didn't let me import my own CDs. (Am I reading that
right... you have to buy tailored 'packages' of music from them?) I
would want it to be rip-enabled.

I must admit, I really thought that the type of machine I'm thinking of
would be far more common in the world of hi-fi, especially in the light
of the iPod phenomenon. Surely it can't be too difficult to design a
hi-fi sized box with a CD reader, at least 1TB of storage space, and
some sort of operating system similar to an iPod... can it? How come the
major players aren't churning them out at a rate of knots?

Regards,
Meehan