Just thought I would respond to this thread as I now own both of these streaming devices. I bought the Auralic Aries Mini first mainly for the DSD capabilities of the unit. Also for the free year of Tidal Hi-Fi that was included in the deal. A nice bonus is that I can now play full 24/192 Tidal MQA content using the USB output on the Aries Mini and the USB input on my MQA-ready Mytek Brooklyn DAC. Sounds fantastic. I recently bought a Node 2 as part of a Sonos replacement setup. The Node 2 is great, but lacks a pass-through MQA function that would allow my external DAC to fully process the MQA signal. I have contacted MQA, Mytek and Bluesound about this and all three companies acknowledge the problem and say they are looking into it. One more note - you cannot get Deezer Elite streaming on any device but Sonos. A rep from Bluesound told me it would work, but it doesn't. Let me know if you are interested in further info/thoughts on this....
