Help With Streamer - Aurender, Auralic, HIFI Rose, Eversolo A10, etc.

sounds like an Innuos ZenMini Mk3 is what you need!

You will find people recommend the streamer brand they have or have used a lot.  There are quality streamers in your price range form Innuos, Auralic, Aurender to name a few well known brands.  You really need to decide if you want a DAC in it.  You will get advice if you let us know what DAC you have or plan to use.  An Auralic Altair G1.1 for example, has streamer, DAC, analog input and volume control (pre amp).  Not saying it is as great as separate Streamer / DAC and Preamp, but much more simple.  Aurender makes quality streamers, some with DACs but I feel is known for its streamers.  All of these brands have their own software to organize and select your music.  You can get a streamer with or without an internal hard drive, or easily add one.  Easier still is to put your music on an external hard drive that most of these streamers have a USB input for connection.  This makes your music very portable and easier to move from your computer to the hard drive.  Innuos is loved by many here and already recommended.  From your comments I doubt you would hear the difference between comparably priced units from any of these brands; but you will notice the difference in software.

I recommend looking at Auralic Lightning, Aurender Conductor and Innuos Sense software examples and see what draws you in from a user interface perspective.

I love my Aurender.   Have used Innuos, Bluesound (which I still own) and Eversolo 

Since having an entry streamer like Bluesound and a really good one like my Aurender N200 all I can say is it comes down to support.  

Aurender is incredibly well built and has for me been super stable.  Support is top notch , they can remotely access the device and add or delete software if there is a problem.   

I used Innous in a room environment and thought it sounded great but I can't tell you about the sense software

My Dad has an Eversolo A6 Master and honestly I feel li,e its mi e because I have spent so much time troubleshooting it.  Worked fine for 11 months , then a software update rendered its USB out useless with the DAC it was used with for almost a year.   Their support is non existent. The worst I have (N)ever experienced

Their support is their forum or revert back to previous firmware and wait for another revision.   3rd revision, 6 months later no fix.  Anyone spending $4k on anything from Eversolo is wasting their money.   Throwing it away if you are expecting support.   No after. Warranty repair either.  

Want real support?   Aurender and Innuos.  Maybe HiFi Rose , maybe others can speak to them.  

Happy Eversolo A8 user. It meets all your requirements and it’s easy to use.