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Where do you go after a BlueSound Node 2i?

Whats the next step after the Bluesound Node 2i?  I love the interface with the Bluesound so I don’t want to go backwards on that and I do use the bluetooth option sometimes to stream soundcloud, which sounds really quite good.  My main service is Amazon HD music.

So, what next?  Schiit Gungir Multibit or Cambridge Audio Azur 851N or ...?

Thanks for your help! I know this has probably been discussed before but I couldn’t find the threads!

Thanks!

Best Regards,
Bruce
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ozzy62
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Since I already had a dac that I love, I went from the Node to a Lumin U1 mini. This was a very nice improvement.

Oz
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If you add an external DAC to the Node 2i, you will not be able to listen to MQA. I purchased an external DAC with my Node 2i and preferred the Node 2i played by itself. Bass was better with just the Node 2i and I thought the imaging was also better.
Not true on more than one level. For starters, there are certainly DACs that do all the MQA unfolding. I guess you aren't aware of that little fact.

Secondly, a good DAC will sound better regardless. My modified MHDT Pagoda, which does NOT support MQA, sounded better playing back MQA files than the Node doing the complete unfold. The DAC you purchased was not up to the task to best the cheap DAC in the node.

The Node is good, but it is no giant killer. The DAC is only average or slightly above.

Oz



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