Streamer question

Definitely look at Matrix Audio. At the lower end is the Mini-I Pro 3 for under $2K. High end is the Element X for about $3.4K. Excellent pre-amp streaming DACs with headphone amp included. Or Hegel h190 or Naim Uniti Atom integrated amp DAC streamers also under $4K.

I had the Bryston BDP3.  Sounds great but buggy, very difficult to operate.  Sold it to pay for my Melco

Melco I will give it a look see.
I am leaning towards Lucas Audio though. I really like the 2 box approach with seperate power supply

“I really like the 2 box approach with seperate power supply”

If you have the coin, there isn’t anything else currently available that can rival the performance, features and built quality of aurender N30SA.

https://mcusercontent.com/0f6eee7f1bf26e68dc5694038/files/df439d11-e959-b4a9-1945-88d82525f56e/N30SA...

Yeh N30sa waY out of my league. At 24k I am in around 4k USD tops.

But looks like a end game product for sure