Streaming - getting set up

I agree with joss.   I started out with an Aurender N100 to dip my toe in the water so to speak.  I liked it so much I purchased an Aurender N 20.   I chose Aurender because I liked the Conductor interface.   The software interface will be a huge factor in YOUR decision.  Choose the one you like the best.   Good luck in your search!!

I always recommend starting at the bottom of the price range.  The quality is better than one might think and one can explore streaming.  If you decide streaming will be a major listening modality you can always upgrade.  If streaming isn’t something that you get into then you can spend the savings elsewhere.

  I bought. Wiim Pro for $100 last year  to add a streamer to a surround sound system that lacked any streaming.  It sounds remarkably good, set up was a breeze, and the app is fun to use.

Buying a streamer and cables for $12k still leaves you with a near 20 year old DAC. I’m sure it sounds very good but newer DACs at that level are better. 
If you like the sound of PBD, they offer MPD-6 with internal streaming module. 

If I were you, I’d keep your player and get a one box dac with streaming card like the MPD-6.
Going with a one box solution gives you an option to add whatever streamer you want later on but accomplishes a DAC upgrade immediately. The DAC is where the ROI will be in your case. Just my opinion of course.

You would be using Roon with the MPD-6. 

I own a Meitner MA3i which has an excellent streaming card. Using Roon and JPLAY. Sold Aurender N200 as it brought nothing to the table - no real improvement over the internal streamer. 

Thanks for the replies.  I was leaning towards using the DAC in my MPS-5 but as one post said DACS have come a long ways since the MPS-5 came out.   Thanks again, keep them coming!

@mahler123 

Whether to start at the bottom or top is a question of personality. For me to start at the bottom or dipping toe in is a recipe to spend a lot more money. I will immediately realize the utility, get a better one... then get the best possible for my system and in the process end up spending a lot more. So, for me, I do the research and make the appropriate purchase the first time. For some personality types... they like to ease into it. To me, life is too short... but as I say, that is me.

I want to listen to music, not enjoy the purchase / building process. Kind of like the motorboat / sailboat question... is it the destination or the process. I like sailboats... but that is a different category.