Bluesound Node 2i vs Upscale streamers

@jorgjean,
Don't ask me how or why, but switching out the Bluesound Node for an Aurender N100-while still using any Ayre Codex- made a significant improvement.
Bob

@ozzy62 — Good thread.  If I’m you I buy either an Innuos Zen Mini Mklll or even better a Zen Mklll if it’s in your budget from HiFi Heaven and try it in your system.  They have a generous return policy so you could do this with very little cost outlay and will definitively answer your question.  Also, read Darko’s reviews of Innuos models (if you haven’t already) as he compares them directly to others in his system, which I found particularly interesting.  FWIW...

Thank you for the comments. These days i listen a lot to Apple Music. How is this integrated?

Apple Music plays at 256 bps.  I assume that the Bluesound component has a tab for it as they have a tab for every streaming service.  It probably sounds just fine.  The bigger question is how a lossless recording would sound.

You have to Airplay Apple Music to a Bluesound it’s not integrated, the only service with integration seems to be Sonos.