Save yourself the money by a fiio K5 pro headphone amp ($150.00) with the ESS saber chip.. yes you are tethered to a USB cable but the Blue Node would not play music unless it was saved to my Amazon unlimited music.. I think the fiio sounds better too
Difference between Bluesound Node, Node 2, Node 2i, NodeX
Audiogoners.
I love the Bluesound user interface Is the only difference between the different Node models the DAC portion?
Which would indicate that if you use coax out to an external DAC all Node models would sound the same through the speakers.