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Need computer audio advice.

All of my digital music is on my desktop iMac, a 500GB machine. I have only 70GB free space, so I think my drive is getting full. I was thinking of getting an external drive (say 1 or 2 TB) and simply moving all my music off the desktop and on to the external drive.
Is this a good solution ? Will there be any sonic problems ? Most of my music is CDs ripped and stored in lossless formats, FLAC or WAV. Some of my files are high res files 24/96 from HD Tracks. I stream over a network to a Logitech Squeezebox touch.
It this solution has problems, what would you recommend ?
Thanks, Matt
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clio09
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I had used a MacBook for a bit and then a MacMini. In both cases I bought one of these to store my music and used the FireWire interface to connect to the computer. I mapped the music software (Audirvana, JRiver, Pure Music) to this external drive and you can do the same if you want to use iTunes. A simple and cheap solution.

I have moved on to a NAS set up but find the Oyen Digital HD is a nice backup storage solution. Two are affordable and a backup is worthwhile.

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=oyen+digital+minipro&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=23404253267&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12140434102838234616&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=t&ref=pd_sl_2xtdyqre5q_e
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