Audiogon tends towards off the rack solutions. But you want high quality within a budget that doesn’t go into the many thousands.
In case you want something hi quality and in your budget, you might consider this:
Nice lead-in:
My own goals in assembling a Raspberry Pi streaming endpoint were simple. I wanted a way to stream and use external DACs without an integrated turnkey solution, and I wanted something that I had complete control over, with no surprise software updates, that would be Roon-recognized and compliant with standard streaming protocols. And, yes, I wanted something that even a 21st-century retiree could still readily afford. Finally, while I know of many audiophiles who have morphed their audio hobby into a computer hobby, I wanted to remain primarily an audiophile, not a computerphile, so I wanted something that was simple enough that could be made to sing and dance to my requirements without resorting to hours of programming. A Pi Streamer setup can accomplish all these goals. If you want, you can get as obsessive about computer audio as you like.