i a simple western digital 1TB NAS, i have created several folders on it labled
My HDTracks Music (these are hi-rez FLAC albums downloaded from the site in 192/96/88.2khz and 24/16bit)
WMA Lossless (these are the format that i rip my CD's into for listening 44.1khz/16bit)
MP3 (MP3's are, well, MP3's i do create them or download them at 256kb or 320kb if available)
B&W Society of Sound (high rez music from the B&W site 96khz/24bit)
all of the content of these files are viewable from my Onkyo 5507 pre-amp via my 1GB wired/wireless network. it is also available to all the PC's on my network throught the house via wi-fi too as I have a wireless N Accesspoint.
it's very simple, easy to setup (from a pc or mac)and i also have it setup so that i can listen to anything i have from anywhere in the world that there's internet access. i can log into my NAS from outside the network--either work, at a hotel and listen to my music. i also have pictures and video on there too. it makes things easy for the family to upload pictures and videos for all of use to share and see and NOT have to have a pc on (acting as a server) to do it.
best of luck.
