Any Bluesound Node2 owners

I am with @amg56. Although my system costs roughly a magnitude less than his main one. 

Kgveteran, you may want to try this tweek in Tidal for serious listening sessions.  
There is a feature labeled “Loudness Normalization “.  The purpose of said feature is to maintain the same volume output from the different recordings on a Playlist.  So, if you’re listening as background music or don’t want to adjust volume from song to song it is a convenience feature.  IME, the sound quality is improved with the Loudness Normalization feature disabled.

To accomplish this:  Enter your Tidal app.  Click “my collection “ in the lower right corner.  Next up, click the gear wheel icon in the upper right corner.  This will open the page where you will see the Loudness Normalization button.  Turn it off and see if it makes any difference to you.

It is easy to revert at any time for the convenience listening.

Hi,

I have the Node2 and I'm using it with a Denafrips Ares II external DAC (connected via Coaxial), and I think it sounds very good. The Ares II doesn't allow for MQA but I've heard mixed reviews on whether or not MQA makes any noticeable difference.

My question is Qobuz vs Tidal. Why do some folks say Qobuz is better when using an external DAC??

Thanks,
Josh

I am also happy with my Node 2i, which I use with a Denafrips Ares II DAC.  I have both Tidal and Qobuz. I rarely use Tidal, which depends on special hardware for MQA. Qobuz has high resolution recordings not requiring a super duper "unwrapping".  Qobuz also allows easy purchase and downloading of music files compatable with the USB input on the Node 2i.

KGVeteran,

I originally had the Node 2i. Liked it so much I switched out to the PowerNode 2i to improve space restrictions and SAF. All I have are ELAC Debut 6.2 speakers (waiting on Zu DWs).  Nice compact system for limited space. Having great experiences with Qobuz. I am listening to more, and more varied, music now than I did with LPs.