Cycles2,
I wonder if you are familiar with the Bel Canto eOne streamer. A Bel Canto dealer told me the Bluesound is an applance and the Bel Canto an audiophile piece. For triple the price, could I have heard a significant difference.
At the dealer where I purchased my Bluesound Node 2i, he told me to connect the Bluesound using Audioquest Carbon digital coax to a Pro-Ject S2 DAC because the Pro-Ject DAC is better than the DAC inside the Bluesound. I traded my 40 year old speakers for the cable and the DAC and after I got things connected at home, I think the Bluesound played by itself sound better and warmer when playing an MQA song on TIDAL. If I decide to throw away the cable and the DAC I am out about $600 total.
What would you do in my position. I just purchased a pair of S3 Rel subs and my budget is just so much.
I wonder if you are familiar with the Bel Canto eOne streamer. A Bel Canto dealer told me the Bluesound is an applance and the Bel Canto an audiophile piece. For triple the price, could I have heard a significant difference.
At the dealer where I purchased my Bluesound Node 2i, he told me to connect the Bluesound using Audioquest Carbon digital coax to a Pro-Ject S2 DAC because the Pro-Ject DAC is better than the DAC inside the Bluesound. I traded my 40 year old speakers for the cable and the DAC and after I got things connected at home, I think the Bluesound played by itself sound better and warmer when playing an MQA song on TIDAL. If I decide to throw away the cable and the DAC I am out about $600 total.
What would you do in my position. I just purchased a pair of S3 Rel subs and my budget is just so much.