@reubent .. +2
Spot on. Great place to start. Unless you know your gonna love streaming (you are by the way) then cheap and quick intro and your hooked. Then, spend some months reading (while listening to ANYTHING &EVERYTHING) and a little educating, and then you will spend your $2000 with confedence. The Node 2i is a great option. So to the Audiolab 6000N. Both sell like hot cakes, which means you see a lot of used (testing the waters streamers) for sale on Audio sites like this and others.