I was a fan of Bluesound but have soured on it recently due to a lot of technical issues. They do many updates and many of them are destructive, erasing my playlists and causing my Vault and Node2 to “dissapear”. My Pulse Mini completely died after two years of use. It’s off warranty and the dealer went bust so I am SOL per Bluesound. As to why my other players dissapear occasionally from the OS, I find this totally frustrating since I use Ethernet connections and not WiFi. The Bluesound app is nothing special, either. You need playlists to make it work, and as I said earlier, twice Bluesound OS updates have erased my playlists.
I had gotten into Bluesound because I had wanted to get away from using a Computer, but have found it to have many of the same issues. When it’s working, it does sound good, but so what—it’s a digital transport it should sound like any other digital transport through my DAC. It’s internal DAC is nothing special, but at it’s price point that isn’t unreasonable and I only intended to use it as a transport anyway.
I’ve realized that having my CDs stored in a proprietary system like Bluesound is problematic because if you want to switch to a different player, the stored discs aren’t necessarily portable. I have gone back to spinning CDs—nothing beats the fun of hitting play and getting music without having to make that call to Tech support—but I am installing a NAS Drive today and hoping to at least archive my collection while figure out the optimal player to use
I had gotten into Bluesound because I had wanted to get away from using a Computer, but have found it to have many of the same issues. When it’s working, it does sound good, but so what—it’s a digital transport it should sound like any other digital transport through my DAC. It’s internal DAC is nothing special, but at it’s price point that isn’t unreasonable and I only intended to use it as a transport anyway.
I’ve realized that having my CDs stored in a proprietary system like Bluesound is problematic because if you want to switch to a different player, the stored discs aren’t necessarily portable. I have gone back to spinning CDs—nothing beats the fun of hitting play and getting music without having to make that call to Tech support—but I am installing a NAS Drive today and hoping to at least archive my collection while figure out the optimal player to use