Difference between Bluesound Node 2i and Cambridge CXN v2

This discussion is important for me.  I am on the hunt for a good streamer.  This is my experience. 
 I initially invested in a Power node 2i after reading rave reviews.  It was plugged directly into my router.  I do not want to knock this quality product but I was shocked it did not live up to my expectations.  
To put it short, it worked flawlessly.  Bluetooth sounded much better than network connected with WI-Fi.  That should not be the case with the greater bandwidth.  The comparison between my old system connected to a $15 chrome audio puck the size of a half dollar was not comparable.  The old system put it to shame!  I was taken back and shocked.   I am not talking about old esoteric stuff here.  Just $1500 new 40 years ago for the PA, $600 new for the Pre-A 38 years ago.  I returned it.  Knowing others experiences with just the Node would be nice so I know if this was not  the streamer portion of the product which I hear from reviews are the same?    With no pre-out I could not eliminate the class D amp. 

I am also going to be moving on from Powernode 2, probably to marantz pm7000n, in the next 6 months or so ....

Hello,

Just did a CXN V2 VS Node test at the shop today. I've played some flac files to compare both, but I didn't need to play many of them. By the first switch from Node to CXN the sound just got so much brighter and the different pieces of the song just reveal themselves... wasn't expected such a clear gap between both.

Let me add a remark on the hard drives. I had difficulties to connect my HDD (1TB) to both CXN V2 and Node systems during my first visit to the shop, most probably due to the fact that my HDD had plenty of other stuff on than just music.
For today's test I had brought a 256GB flash drive with 100+ GB of music and CXN V2 could display the integrality immediately in both Cambridge apps (StreamMagic and Cambridge Connect). For now this capacity is enough for me. When it won't be, I'll try with a clean HDD or with network NAS.

I took the time to fill this post today since I was really happy to read any help on this topic on this forum.

CXN V2 ordered today

Slam

If anyone still on this thread, what is the difference in streaming quality vs the two. Not using the internal dacs? Any difference?

Just saw the thread now,
I tried both the Node and the Cambridge using a Benchmark DAC.
Similar to someone’s opinion above, my view was the SQ of the Cambridge was better sounding.  So, I returned the Node and kept the Cambridge.
it also has more features than the Node (e.g. front display, internet radio) and is more flexible.
A better all-round unit in my opinion.