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I thought about it for another few seconds, and SMB is fine.
I use Jellyfin and Apple AirPlay for this. Pain in the ass to set up if you don't enjoy this sort of stuff. SMB's good enough.
Maybe the simplest way is to run a DLNA server on the PC that has your music files, then open VLC on the kitchen device, and it'll see your collection. https://nmaier.github.io/simpleDLNA/