Can the AudioTron work the same way that I use WinAmp? Or at least my Empeg?

I have a single playlist of all of my MP3 files, sorted by artist / album / track. Mostly I just listen in shuffle mode. Sometimes I turn off shuffle and jump around the current album, or leave shuffle running but jump to another track that I feel like listening to.

The Empeg lets me do this sort of maneuvering reasonably well, turning off shuffle lets me easily navigate the current (and neighboring) albums, and the Search button works well to find something quickly while letting me easily get back to the full playlist. An "Album" search would make it better...

My "Dell" (Rio) Receiver cannot function this way, which annoys me to no end. It's also extremely difficult to read the LCD from the couch or dinner / poker table, which is unforgivable for a piece of stereo kit.

The Rio Central looks nice, but not $1300 nice. Give me that interface, add SMB and/or NFS, ditch the HD and CDRW, price it at $500 or less, and I'll quickly hand over my VISA. Or integrate it with ReplayTV, that would be compelling!