Technical Question for WiFi Hi-Fi Setup

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Dear All,

it seems, that I will have some $$ after Christmas to improve my setup of my home stereo network. The hardware of speakers, amps etc is very good, so I am not asking for some advise on that. I do not like the way how the "data" arrive to the amp.

Here is my existing setup (Everything is M$ Windows based):

• On all PC's the music streaming software is Foobar (recommendation from RogorMortis, excellent choice as the coding of CD's to AAC can also be done at 400 kbs). All PC's are connected via W-LAN to WWW and to each other.
• "Main" PC is in my office. On that HD is the music library. This PC has iTunes on it only used to synchronize with iPod. This PC is connected to a office stereo via a M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card, used also to digitalize Vynil, (recommendation from Vax a couple of years ago, excellent result!) to local stereo. No need of improvement to that.
• Work Laptop, in office, no need to connect anywhere else
• Living Room Laptop, connected to HiFi via an external USB Soundblaster Sound card and cable to stereo. So streaming music from the moon or from main library of "Main" PC without problem. At the same time faffing on the Moon and/or surfing in the net is no problem.

As the existing living room laptop is 8 years old, it just can be run with power cable as the batteries are done, there is a cable from the desk to the amp etc. I would like to have this setup in the living room small and cable free, but having similar comfort that I have now (I do not want to faff over a smart phone etc). And I do want to have a max quality at the entrance of the amp.

So my question to you is if you have experience/Knowledge how to make the setup better here in my living room without connecting all the times power and analog music cables etc?

Thank you for your feedback.