To answer your question, I don’t know of any streamers that have a good enough interface built it to be of any good. In reality, any smart phone should work with many of the streaming apps associated with a streamer. As for your first streamer, it’s really hard to beat a Bluesound Node. It gives you the most options, streaming service compatibility, and bang for the buck, and it’s upgradeable.
getting into streaming
So after many years of playing cd's, I'm considering getting into streaming music. I would prefer to use the DAC in my accuphase CD player; my question is I assume any streamer would require something additional to control it (smart phone, tablet etc) but I'm wondering if there is something out there that has its own controller to use to surf for songs, so I don't have to buy anything else to use it