Hardware Options for Streaming Music From Internet via Pandora, Tidal, etc.


What are the best hardware options for streaming music from internet radio sources?

Right now, I’m using Apple iDevices (iPod, iPad, iPhone) and Echo Dot to access the internet wirelessly - connected to my several pre-amps, amps, via an audio cable (typically 3.5mm mini to RCA, or mini to mini port).

I also use a Pure Audio i-20 iDock, with my iPod, which can connect to a DAC via various digital interfaces - if I want to use a DAC external to the iDevices (e.g. W4S DSD II SE, etc.).

Are there any other, better, alternatives (to iDevices, or Android Devices) for streaming music directly from the various internet radio stations - for a reasonable cost (<$1000)?

And... I don’t mean... laptops, notebooks, PC’s. I mean some type of dedicated internet receiver, with a solid state buffer, which can receive the digital stream from any of the services, and transmit it to a DAC via optical, coaxial, USB, etc. (not analog).
bassdude
Apple TV-3 

mine was $40 refurbed from Apple with a warranty

but I don't use the services you list, so check on that
I'd using a Bluesound Node 2 for streaming Tidal and internet radio with its internal DAC - pretty decent I might add, but just recently "upgraded" to using an external and better DAC. Node 2 is well below your budget.
You should check out a Aurender X100L Music server connected with a USB Audio cable to a Oppo 105........Stunning versatility and sound! Plus the Aurender Conductor app for tablet control is the BEST on the market period!


Matt M
It kinda looks like "the choice" is between something pretty convenient with average sound quality... and... something with superb sound quality, with average convenience.

So... for simple convenience and the "nominal" sound quality of internet radio (which is about all it is now, anyway - when compared to ripped FLAC / WAV files, DSD files, or vinyl) - I guess an Echo Dot connected to one of my systems, or simply streaming radio over Logitech Media Server running on a Music Server, may be all I really need.  The Echo Dot is just so convenient for background music, and other programming (news, weather, sports, traffic, etc., etc.)... it may trump sound quality.  

But... I may look into the Aurender X100L to replace my other music servers... for... it's shear sound quality.