any suggestions on what to replace Bluesound Node 2i with

Hilde45: it seems there’s only one circuit board to purchase from PD Creative which is out of Poland.  Was a very good buying experience for me.  You just choose whether you buy it with their power supply or shop for your own.  Takes the ac buzz out of the box.  

Bluesound updated the Node 2i in June 2021. They have changed DACs and made other improvements, such as adding HDMI. Is the new Node worth a look?

Oh, have I learned my lesson chasing down the rabbit hole with streamers . While there is some differences , i have found that just adding a dac to the node was more than suffice , hell even the dac in the node2i isn’t too bad on its own . In the end just enjoy the music !!!

@elsfan
I did the same with Pawel. Great guy and very helpful.

He steered me to the SBooster 5V/3A LPS to use with his PSU interface upgrade(which was a snap to install). I am using a modestly upgraded power cable as well.

With my Classe SSP-800 DAC the Node 2i really swings.

I upgraded from the Node to the Cambridge CXNv2 and have found it to be a solid upgrade.   I wanted to keep a simple interface across multiple services (similar to BluOS).   Also needed Spotify connect support.  Tried the Moon streamer/DAC and the Cambridge was clearly the best bang for the buck.  (Note: I also took advantage of the balanced analog outputs, so that likely played a factor as well).