good laptop-computer just for the audio

https://www.minidsp.com/products/streaming-hd-series/shd-studio
You have a pretty good dac so you don't need one this streamer doesn't  have a dac it's $900 for couple hundred more you can get one with a dac. They both have XLR out. 

If you mostly stream why not get a streamer? 

At that price range it's about the only streamer I know. The new NAD C 658 does all that for $1700. If I was going to get a laptop I would stay with an Intel chip at least an i5. Dell or Lenovo are pretty good. 
 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-12gb-memory-1tb-ha...

"I don’t know of a good streamer with XLR outputs. I have looked at this possibility and it has to have Tidal capability. Any recommendations less than 1000USD?"
"Lumin U1 mining, XLR and Tidal. $2K. Done."
Since when is $2K less than $1K?

I have used both but it's years ago when I used the laptop to stream music files all I remember is I didn't  stay with it as it never sounded as good as playing CDs. When streaming services like Tidal came along I knew I didn't want the hassle of using a computer in my music room so I got a streamer  put my music on a hard drive connected to my router and never regretted it. In my opinion the sound from the streamer is a lot better in my system others may have different results. The streamer sounds as good as my CD player and I just use a Node2i but I am thinking of getting a NAD C658 to try dirac.