Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini?

I've had an Auralic Aries G 2.1 for 3-4 years now with absolutely no issues. Sounds fantastic, and the user interface is very user friendly.

Before the Auralic I had an Aurender N100. This was the worst audio purchase I ever made. Every time the power would flicker or go out, the unit would not boot back up. I was on speed dial with Ari the rep for Aurender. To there credit they were very supportive. I sent it back to Aurender at least 4 times. The final time they completely rebuilt the unit. I got it back and made sure it was working...then traded it in to an authorized Aurender dealer.

I will say the short time it was functional it did sound good.

I would agree with a common sentiment on this forum....If your going to primarily listen to digital content...bite the bullet and buy a quality streamer/network player. Its a necessary evil for quality digital playback.

Thanks for everyone’s help, I went ahead and ordered an Auralic Aries S1. 

I'm sure you made a good choice with Auralic ....   They concentrate on streamers and seem to be well received.  

The Auralic rep just emailed me about router issues they seem to have, a bit concerning. 

“We have a lot of customer reporting that routers provided by ISP generally don't work well with high performance streaming, because they may not be able to handle multicasting (SSDP) messages without dropouts, or if your router is blocking certain (IGMP/ICMP) data packets AURALiC Lightning devices rely on to provide the best experience. Some routers (usually lower-performing models supplied by your Internet Service Provider) don’t handle this type of traffic due to their firmware, or, since this kind of UDP discovery data is more vulnerable, a weak network connection will affect this even as your other data connections seem fine.

Please check this article first and let me know if you would like us to further process your order. 

https://us.auralic.com/pages/before-you-buy

I must say you may need to get a Netgear or Asus router for the best network connection quality. Thank you”

I have also owned Aurlic in addition to Aurrender. I had an Aries G2. I was disappointed in the sound quality and I struggled to keep it on line. It has a “reboot nightly setting”… with mine, that was not enough. Once I got an Aurrender it was rock solid. No rebooting setting, or ever required. In fairness to Aurlic on the sound quality, I have heard their Aries G 2.2 has much better sound quality.