+1 regarding the Cutest being overpriced and over rated. Have you considered the Eversolo DMP-A8? I recently ordered one (expecting it Friday) as an upgrade from the DMP-A6. I am very impressed with the Eversolo and going all in. The UI on the Eversolo’s is excellent as good as the Blue OS and the dac was very good.Pairing is key YMMV, but as a streamer alone it is truly outstanding. Folks are parting with their Rose’s because they cannot live with the UI chashes; it is really bad according to folks that own them on this forum and selling at big discounts. My one and only issue with the Eversolo UI was the inability to create cross platform playlist in the Eversolo app but now that has been addressed with a recent update. Before you go down the rabbit hole adding power supplies,multiple boxes etc. check out the Eversolo offerings they are priced fairly and the A6 I owned was far superior to the Node.
Add Chord Cutest (DAC) to Bluesound Node or purchase HiFi Rose RS150BDAC
Hi, I just purchased a new Bluesound Node a week ago and I do not like the sound quality So I thought I would purchase a Chord Cutest DAC since I can bypass the DAC in the Node. I only like using the Node for its user friendly Blusound software to access Tidal HiDef music using my cell phone. So my question is if I'm just looking for the best audio quality imaging etc. would I have a superior sound quality using the Node with the Chord Cutest or would the HiFi Rose Model RS150B audio sound quality be even better? I could live without the video screen on the Rose and the YouTube video music stuff Rose has built in that ports out to my large screen TV using the HDMI Earc connection. I am just wanting to have the best audiophile sound period. So would the Rose be better sounding than what I'm thinking would be best sounding? If the Rose would sound better I would buy the Rose and look into using its other features that I may like however I just want the highest quality sound period above all else without spending over 5K and stay on a budget under 2K IF I can surpass the Rose sound quality. I am asking this question because I am hoping to save money and my research points to just adding a Chord Cutest to my Node because of all the vast awards the Chord Cutest keeps getting and forget the Rose. In my system I have a Modified Musical Fidelity A5 integrated Amp with just RCA inputs and I have Texton Electron Impact speakers.