Device that plays the USB you made for your car in your home

"I suppose it comes down to how much of a technical DIY person the OP is (morestereostuff)." - I'm (OP) a probably retired electrical engineer and I've played around a bit as a technician/panel builder/circuit board development person post semi retirement and I put together one of the Hagtech Dac kits. 
Main problem is it is sort of like working on cars, yea I can do it but there is no fun in it for me anymore and there are other things I'd like to do. 

Hmm. Haven't checked Hagerman technology and don't even know if Jim is still dabbing with this stuff anymore, he used to be great for kits with paint by the numbers instructions. 

That is good info.

I'm going to look for a cheaper solution, not that the Panasonic is a bad price for someone who had a use for more of its features, and would need to insure it could random play, but it looks like I now have at least 1 reasonable option. 

Thanks. 

All information provided is appreciated.

Amazes me that it is not super easy to find a reasonably priced plug and play solution. There have got to be literally millions of folks that play USB drives in their cars that they could also enjoy in their homes. 

Perhaps MP3 is good enough for the masses so that cuts way down on the potential market. 

Anyone interested, this looks like it will do the trick Bluesound Node 2i . Haven't ordered one yet so I can't comment further.