Suggestions for streamer in bedroom system


For thirty years I have been a dedicated vinyl listener. I recently acquired a hard drive with 2500 titles, including multiple versions of the same recording. I wired my computer to an Ayre QB9, via Nordost Heimdall USB which feeds into my preamp. The results at 96 k and up are quite impressive. 
I want to wirelessly access the hard drive by using a streamer connected to a second bedroom system. Any recommendations under 1k?
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 You really need to hard wire the streamer or get one with storage.  The Bluesound is a very nice streamer and there is a version with storage. Just copy your music file on to the internal hard drive. If you want to an external DAC, I believe it has a digital output as well as USB. 

 The reason you need to hard wire and not go wireless is drop outs. If you are streaming CD quality it may not be a problem. But once you start streaming at higher bit rates it can become a problem.  The other thing I would suggest is to back up that hard drive. Hard drives can fail without warning. I have had it happen.