Music Streamer Quality

@falconquest 
In my opinion, so much of this is evolving before our eyes.
By using separate components, you get the best of both worlds- highest fidelity at the time, and the ability to upgrade in the future.
I give a +1 for Bluesound.
It has great wireless connectivity and also allows you to output to a separate DAC.
As far as DAC's go, I would try to keep the budget around $2K.
Like I said, the tech evolves so quickly that what is SOTA, may be eclipsed in a year or two.
My 2 fav's are the Ayre Codex and the Schiit Gungnir or Yggy.
Bob

+1 also for bluesound . Vault 2 w Ayre codex has, for the money, great sound and usability.

I checked out the Ayre, both the Codex and the QB-9 but unfortunately I need multiple inputs. streamer, tv, & Oppo.

If you're looking for a DAC with multiple RCA coax inputs, the options collapse into only a handful, at least based on my search, within a reasonable price range. I don't care much for the optical input. I had a limited budget so I went with a Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus. I'm feeding my CDP and Node2 into it and the sound quality is quite good. Bryston BDA models all have two coax inputs and depending on your budget you can go new or used.  

Another +1 for the Bluesound Node 2

It has a great analogue output stage,which responds very well to great cables - IC's and power cables.

I was using a good mains cable and a C7 power Adapter. I changed the IEC connector to a C7 connector, which did away with the c7 adapter - the improvements were extremely noticeable.

It may seem frivolous to spend more on the cables than I spent on the component, but in this case the improvements in sound quality was well worth it.

I found the Node 2's DAC& analogue output stage was better than my Bifrost 4470 DAC - so it's no longer part of my system

Regards - Steve