Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC)

Sorry, the obvious solution is a Aurender W20se. This would be the obvious streamer to mate with your DAC, the most common at audio shows. If you own a dCS Paganini you are deluding yourself if you are thinking you can buy a $5K streamer and getting appropriate performance out of that DAC. I would not even consider anything except a W20SE. There may be a couple other high end streamers… I’m thinking Linn. But anything less would be crazy.

With the caliber of your equipment I would recommend posing the question to the community of audio aficionado dot com. The average system there is like yours. Ask an appropriate streamer for your system. You will get responses from folks with systems of the same caliber you have.

@naperaudio

Just out of curiosity, why are you not going to be using a streamer all the time? You got rid of your analog rig, you are left only a CD player? Right? If so, the Aurender would bring streaming to the same level or better to your system… the same for red book CD and better for the ubiquitous high rez files on Qobuz or to a lessor extent Tidal.

I have over 2,000 CDs… haven’t played them for over a year. No reason to when I can just stream. Anyway, this is where sate of the art streaming is today.

OP, 

Yes, today a top notch streamer is at or above the level of a high end CD player.  In fact my streamer performs at the level of my vinyl rig (also not shabby, see my UserID).

We are taking about full wide and deep soundstage. Instruments suspended I’d space, mid-range bloom, incredible detail with dead quiet background… low noice floor. But with a nearly infinite music library. But like all other pieces of high end audio, you want performance you have to pay. Alternatively you could go the N10 route. About half the price. But given the quality of your DAC you should mate it with something appropriate or streaming will just be a way to find music to then purchase a CD. When you could be experiencing as good or better sound all the time.

OP, you now have a list. Go to The Absolute Sound, Stereophile and Hi-Fi+…. Read reviews.