I've been using a Meridian streaming solution for a couple of years now.
Still have yet to see a more user friendly method.
Personally I have an MC200, which is pretty much a small form factor PC, fitted with an industrial spec hard drive and I assume some Meridian voodoo. Runs very quietly and just sits out of the way, doesn't need a NAS as it's got it's own internal HDD. That hosts a webpage that can be accessed either via a PC/laptop, or via an Ipad app. I tend to control it using Apps on any of our Iphones or Ipads.
The MC200 has an SPDIF output, which I used for a while.
More recently I updated my processor to a Meridian 861v4 with one of their "end-point" ID40 cards within it. That allows communications from the MC200 to the 861v4 via ethernet, and thus avoids SPDIF connections completely.
The 861v4 does all the usual AV processor stuff, including a rather benign room correction. Also happens to sound better in stereo than most stereo only sources I've heard.
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