Streamer with decent app

Thoughts on the bluesound powernode? 

@soix , @audiotroy ​​@goldprintaudio , @jbuhl 

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll check these out. 

I think I want to stay with something smaller and not separates. I really don't want to deal with remotes and turning things on (unless it's through the app). 

@glennewdick I'd need a separate amp wouldn't I? 

@fuzztone what do you mean persistent queue? 

@panzrwagn That Rose RS250 is intriguing. For that price the app better be dang good. :-)

I love Marantz products but why does their streamer have to be so dang big? And I’m not sure about that HEOS app.

I’m really surprised how poor some of the apps are for some of these units. To me, that’s the most important thing (other than SQ).

Edit:  Almost pulled the trigger on the Marantz streamer (because I really like the sound of Marantz)  but haven't seen anything good about HEOS compared to BluOS.  

Thanks all!  Some great suggestions. 

@dinosore How do the Powernode and the M10 compare?  They both use BluOS I assume so app functionality would be the same.  And for the price difference, I assume the sound quality is better on the M10.  Any other big differences? 

I picked up a Bluesound Powernode to try out.  The app is really nice.  Unfortunately, it doesn't sound as good as my Yamaha WXA-50 (to me anyway).

Still looking.  :-) 

Going to try the NAD M10.