The opus 21 is a 2 box solution, and allows additional digital connections. It's a great sounding device, too. (Well, the ref. modded one todd has is...)
I wouldn't worry about SACD or DVDA at this point, if you don't have an investment in them already.
My wife made hamburger and onions over noodles.
Since I can't eat the noodles, the onions were overpowering, so I turned them into:
chicken andouille sausage and hamburger etouffe
New York Strip Steak, black and blue, with cream peppercorn sauce
steamed green beans
sugar free lime jello with extra creamy whipped cream
random new zealand shiraz (from a box )
iTunes works the same pretty much either place. Just upload from the pc. playback is different, but for loading the ipod, just go ahead and use the pc.
Yah, when I was in school, paying my own way, I spent a lot of time with 1 cheap steak a week, hotdogs, ramen, spaghetti sauce, and mac n cheese made with cheap margarine instead of butter and milk. I went 3 months once where my weekly food budget was $10.