Streamers sans DAC?

Yes, I feel the same way. However, I like the BluOs app on my Node 2i.
Not interested in Roon. Something in the $1500 range with a user friendly App?

Some that are more than $1500:

• Auralic Aries G1 or G2
• Bricasti M5

The Auralic Aries models are notable because they have excellent DSP, so can be used to address bass peaks digitally. They also can play CDs from an attached USB optical drive or files from an attached USB thumb drive or hard drive. So really, they are more than streamers, but DAC-free.

It all depends on what you want to stream, how much work you want to do settinhg it up (or the quality of manufacturer support), how many dropped network handshakes you can handle, the quality of player software you can settle for and how much dough you wanna blow, including subscriptions.
From experience, SGC microRendu and SOtM have zero support.
Otherwise you'll just get plugs from owners.

Oh yeah I forgot, the mobile platform matters in a some cases.
Auralic is Apple Crapple only.
miniDSP SHD Studio does DSP, a headphone amp with hardware level control, three remote switchable digital inputs and both iOS and Android control apps built in.. Put a Teddy Pardo on it and outperform the Auralic for less long green.

What's the price point you would like to be around?  Lumin has the U1 and U1 Mini.

http://www.luminmusic.com/lumin-u1.html

http://www.luminmusic.com/lumin-u1-mini.html