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Bluesound, best value streamer?

Is Bluesound the best value out right now to stream high quality files with ipad integration?

Thinking about using it's digital out or even the new NAD M12 with the module and skip a dedicated preamp.
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The Bluesound app only works if you have a Bluesound device like a Node2, Vault, etc. You need to use the Tidal app on your mobile device to stream thru the non-Bluesound devices such as Meridian, etc. And as far as I know, full MQA capability is currently only supported when using the Tidal app on a PC/Mac. Hope this helped.
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" If you go digital out from the node, 24/96 is limit unless you have an MQA Dac."

That's not quite true. Someone had said the same thing before and I asked Bluesound helpdesk to verify. Their response was MQA capability is supported through both analog and coax digital outputs. Of course if you feed the coax output from the Node to an external DAC, then you (obviously) need a DAC that supports MQA in order to benefit from full functionality. In this scenario, a (digital) preamp with coax/digital input would be a good option.

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