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> I really wish there was a simple solution for streaming audio in a stereo like box

You can turn any normal hi-fi setup into streaming speakers in various ways.

I’m using a fifteen year old Airport express right now. Works well, lossless, although only for Apple devices.

If you mainly listen to Spotify, connecting an old laptop or phone works great too (through Spotify Connect — it’s resilient because it doesn’t need to stream the actual audio).

Finally a bluetooth dongle that you connect to your amp is platform agnostic, the only downside being that bluetooth always uses lossy compression.

These are the cheapish ways, hi-fi companies also make streaming boxes to add to a setup but I never tried those. I’ve also tried amp/receivers with Airplay on them and that seems to work just fine.