inexpensive streaming setup

The advantage of the Bluesound Node over other devices I'm aware of is the user interface. Finding the music you want to hear and directing it to your downstream components is simple and reliable. Adding a quality external DAC rather than the internal one of the Node will give you much higher quality reproduction, better, in my case, then CDs played through the same external DAC. 

+1 to @sfar.   They must sell a ton of these!

IMHO you can't beat the Allo USBridge Signature streamer with Shanti power supply.  Performs way above it's price.

Sorry I was not clear I currently stream Tital and local files from my Hiby R6 and it plug into my preamp. I would like to move to a desktop device that I can control remotely like an Blusesound Node. It needs to be Tital compatible and be a receiver and dac either all in one as in the node or separates' and sound at lest as good as the R6. Budget is up to 1K maybe a little higher if the the sound is significantly better.

Thanks for the advice so far  

Anyone play with the Audioengine B-FI or Andover Audio Songbird both under 200 and have DACs??

I thought I was the only one who was streaming from a DAP! In my case an Astell-Kern Kann streaming TIdal into an external DAC.  Must say I've been posing the same question to myself for a while.  Truthfully streaming through the DAP sounds really good. I've tried the Bluesound and found that the MQA files sounded worse to me (more closed off) and Bluesound to my DAC not as good as the DAP.   

I'd be very curious to hear (literally) what you come up with!

update on my travels and where I thing I will end up I dug out a 4 year old rasberry pi i used for a programing gig I did a few years back and loaded Volumio on it. I then used the Hiby r6 as an external DAC. I then compared that to the R6 by itself in both instances the R6 was connected to my Melos preamp via it's line out to the cd RCAs. I do not know why but using a local file sounded slightly better on the R6 stand alone but streaming Tital sounding better on the combo. I then put a iFi Zen Air DAC fed from the RP very close to the R6. Then added the iFi SilentPower to both the RP and the Zen now it is slightly more musical to the R6 although the R6 has a little more base extension. Saturday I get a bleusoung Node 2021 will update after if anyone is interested?

Interested. 

I say buy a node and then later an external 1-2k dac as funds allow if not happy. 

I just got my iFi Zen Stream with upgraded power supply working and wow.  Just, wow. 

Ok the journey is far from over I got the Node (2021 version) yesterday. I let it run all night to break it in. Yes it is much better than the RP and ifi but not anywhere close to my vinyl rig. Don't get me wrong the Node is not unlistenable and the BluOS app is an excellent interface. So mofojo you are right eventually I'll use the node to stream to a much better standalone DAC. I hope I can do this for less than 4k not sure that is possible. |Any suggestions the hi end dealer that knows my system thinks it will take more that.