Streamers and software

@daledeee1

You say that you are looking for a streamer. Being pedantic, you already have a streamer, the Node. What you are looking for is a seamless use of the software package for Qobuz.

I had Qobuz and the Node several years ago. They worked fine together but both Q and the Node have no doubt had numerous software updates in the interim that have caused your issue.

Fwiw I have used a Cambridge Audio CXN 100 streamer for a few years. I did use Q with it at the beginning and it was fine. I don’t know they currently play together.

Perhaps a future update from either Q or BS may solve your problem. In the meantime is it possible to directly connect the portable device that you are Bluetoothing from to either the DACon the Node or an external DAC if you use on? Another option might be connect a computer to either the Node or the DAC

Auralic Vega S1. You can add a dedicated power supply if you wish. 

I went from a Bluesound vault (yes the original) to the node n130 streaming Qobuz. It worked well.  I then went to an Innuos Pulse streaming Qobuz. I like  the Innuos software more than the Bluesound software. The Innuos support is much better than the bluesound support.

I was at the same point you’re at now a couple of years ago, wanting to get rid of my Node and it’s frustrating software. My shortlist of streamers were Innuos, Lumin, and Esoteric. I finally landed with the Esoteric and while I enjoyed everything about it, one of the most surprising upgrades I made was adding ROON to the equation. It works seamlessly with Qobuz, and I’ll never go back. I highly recommend you give ROON a try after you get your new streamer. 

Thanks all.  Lots of suggestions.

I am pretty sure the Qobuz sound was noticeably better.  I am always wringing more out of my system.  I could have done something else at the same time.  But I will try Amazon again.  We are generally in agreement on brands.  An Aurender N10 was 1300.  I have time. I have workarounds.  At least my system sounds great!  But I hate it when I can't fix things.  Old maintenance mindset.