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Help with choosing music server

Hi all, 
Looking if I can get some help with choosing a digital music server. 
Looking for one that has at least one terabyte of storage.
Want it to be easy to set up and can get album cover and album info from an iPad.
I am currently using my Mac mini with iTunes and my major hang up is starting the computer up, password, getting iTunes up. Sometimes there are downloads etc. that take time away from enjoying the music. (I really only do some serious listening once a week), so I want to waste no time fiddling with computer issues.
Thanks for all your help.
Mike
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fast
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+1 on the Innuous Zenith 3.  Very easy to set up and use with ios app.  Works well with Roon. Great sound quality.  Internet radio. Available with 1 to 8 tb of storage, as already stated.  
fast
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I had the same challenge when I got the Innuous (router in one place, listing room elsewhere and no possibility of running a wire).  I tried a powerline adapter. It worked but I was advised that it might degrade my sound quality since it transmits a signal over the power line.  I changed to a wireless bridge (under $100) which connects to the Innuous by ethernet cable.  Works pretty well, although it occasionally loses the signal even when I’m a few feet away. I got an inexpensive Netgear with two antennas.  Netgear makes one with four antennas and, of course, there are other brands. I’m wondering whether upgrading the wireless bridge would help.  In any case, a server with built in wireless internet probably would have similar issues.  
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