Bluesound Node Icon


I currently use Bluesound products because of their multiroom capabilities. 

In my main system I have a bluesound node N130 hooked up to a Mcintosh D1100 preamp dac.

Thinking about buying the new Node Icon but I would be by-passing the built in dual dacs so I am not sure if there is any reason to upgrade to the ICON?

If anyone knows the new ICON and can give me some advice I would appreciate it.

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Showing 1 response by helomech

I don’t have the Icon but have the standard N130 Node. Idk what happened to the BluOS software in recent months but some functions, like pulling up my Favorites through Qobuz, have become incredibly slow. I now favor the WiiM Ultra in almost every regard. It’s funny, the WiiM was originally the slower of the two, but following more recent firmware updates on both devices, the Node is the slower one by far. 
 

I would be surprised if the processing speed of the Icon is any different from the N130.