options for living room sound

[sawman]

for the last 10 years or so we have been a bit nomadic, and have been using itunes for music playback, streamed to jbl creature speakers via an airport express.

we have now bough a house and my cds have been exhumed from the packing crate that have been in since 2007. I would like to upgrade the living room sounds. I am not after top end hi fi, but something that sounds decent, and has minimal impact on the room and limited wires would be the hopeful outcome.

I would like to be able to stream from the laptop most music obtained over the last 10 years is in itunes, I am not sure I want to rip the remaining CDs so a reasonably priced cd player might be on the agenda (Before the travelling spell, I had a marantz cd player and NAD amp, both of these seem to continue t get good reviews in the affordable price bracket)

I quite like the unobtrusiveness of the Teenage Engineering OD11 (re-invented Carlsson speaker) which would handle the streaming part of the process and tick the wireless option. But there doesn't seem to be many about, Richer sounds will supply but I don't think they have any instore to listen to before buying.

I had a play with some Bose stuff in currys, which might fit the brief, but you couldn't call it attractive

I'd welcome any tips or other things to look at

[Douglas Quaid]

Why don’t you get a pair of half decent speakers and an amp and just plug your laptop directly into the amp? That’s the easiest way.

[hyphen]

Max budget?

[sawman]

budget wise, the OD11 is £500, the main attraction is that it looks super cool, and is wireless. I guess my main issue is how to best incorporate the cd playback preferably without loads of wires trailing around the place. so probably add a bit for dealing with the cds - although maybe its worth getting one of the kids to sit and rip the cds and keep them all on my time capsule.