Very old thread come back to life but still a question that remains unanawered in my mind after reading through the thread again. Other than larger sound stage and less jitter, not too much has really been offered. Sure you can spend a couple or three grand and find out for yourselves, but can some who have gone this route offer a little more to people (like me and the OP) who would hope to know more before experimenting? I'm particularly interested to know how or if the new Node has closed the gap.
Bluesound Node 2i vs Upscale streamers
For those of you that have compared the Node 2/2i to some of the more expensive streamers like Lumin, Aurender, etc., what do the big boys bring to the table. Forget the internal DACs, I'm sure theirs beats the Node. I'm talking about using these devices as stand alone streamers into an outboard DAC. What are the differences you've heard?
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