This is the rare opportunity to share my little android side project, project blue: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lasthopeso...
It lets you stream from a nice desktop server product, JRiver Media Center [0], and it's sole purpose is to be an audio client to JRiver Media Center. It's main focus is on being lightweight and reliably streaming from your home server even on long drives, when your connection may be less than reliable.