Petrushka
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In my imagination, you buy a pretty box at whatever price level you want. (This was common in desktop computer days.)Of course, and the stuff I worked with included a lot of SMT components, it wasn't quite the dinosaur age despite the rumors... The higher heat required for wave soldering lead-free components was also an issue in some cases, and required a different temperature profile. I designed mainly ICs, but often enough had to design the test boards and ultimately higher-level products using those ICs. ICs have their own whiskering/sintering problems, natch.
You then pick the streamer, DAC, DSP, and power modules cafeteria style. If you are not comfortable handling boards, you go to the local iPhone repair store and let them assemble it.
Assuming the mainstream brands don’t like this approach, ChiFi companies might.
This exact scenario might be fantasy, but I see it already being done. Just not in one box, and not elegantly.