How do I get my Hifi streaming device to find my music on my Mac Pro?

I have just bought a Cyrus Stream XP for my hifi system.
All my music, both ripped and purchased as downloads, is stored in iTunes on my Mac Pro.
This is linked via an ethernet cable to a Sky broadband which provides my home network.
Cyrus recommend using the XP with a seperate NAS drive and network switching box for best results but it should also work with a wireless home network.
At this stage I don't really want to trail ethernet cabling over the gouse and Homeplug ethernet over mains will not work over surge protection which I have for both Mac and hifi at present.
I was told that as soon as I'd set up the streamer it would be able to find the wireless network and play all the music content that is stored on it.
Although the Cyrus unit is finding the wifi network and can get internet radio and play music from my iPhone, it hasn't been able to find my Mac Pro on the network.
I have checked file sharing in sharing preferences and within iTunes and both are set to share files on computers and devices on my local network.
I tried backing up my iTunes library to a portable HDD and plugging it into the usb port on the Stream XP but it was unable to read any content.
This is a bit weird as it should be reading the content without any problem.
I've even tried taking the individual music files out of the iTunes folder structure and just putting them onto the HDD but this couldn't be read either.
I'm at a loss and having tried the dealer I purchased it from, Apple support and Cyrus Tech support, nobody has come up with a solution.
Anyone else had any experience of using streaming devices on Hifi systems (ideally via wifi) that could help?

Sorted.
Basically (in case anyone cares!)
Cyrus XP won't read the files on the HDD as they are 64 bit.
Bought Netgear Powerline ethernet over mains & WD My Book Live.
Created a ethernet drive with the WD MBL and have copied all my music over to that.
Converted Apple Lossless & AIFF files to AAC.
Now plays all the music I've ripped & downloaded.
Next step is to identify a decent FLAC ripping program for Mac.

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