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best mac mini option for external music drive?

After playing with PC based music servers for about 18 months, I'm thinking of tossing in the towel and buying a Mac mini; basically I think PC hardware architecture has a core conflict between audio and network, as disabling network always improves audio. I have my music on a 1TB SATA drive which I'd like to attach to the Mac. I plan on using an SSD drive for the OS. What's the best option for local Mac hard drive connection?
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Sidssp, thinks for the tip on NTFS. Drives are cheap enough that it would be easy to copy to one formatted best for Mac now that I can anticipate.

With the PC I have tried direct Ethernet attached NAS, which did not have the same transparency and detail as local SATA connected drive after network was disabled.
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