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Just got a new Bluesound Node. Very disappointed!

I got the BSN to run to my NAD M51 DAC and everything sound like the treble has been turned up +10db. The bass is also weak. I use Qobuz and Tidal and both sound the exact same way. I can listen to cd’s  is my Oppo of the same music with no problem. 
 

what gives, is it really this bad?

last_lemming
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oddiofyl
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Something weird is going on....  my Vault 2i ( pretty much the same as Node) was connected to a NAD M51 and it sounded fantastic.   I would do a hard reset on the Node.  The BS / M51 combo was very balanced top to bottom.    Subterranean bass and smooth on top.   It should sound great with that DAC.

geof3
1,125 posts
 

I would agree, your Node has issues of some sort. A reset might do it, easy enough to try. For the $$$ the Node (especially the current one) sounds really good. 
 

alvin1118
130 posts
 

Important: Audio clock trim

- BluOS uses small adjustments to the audio clock to maintain glitch-free audio synchronization. Disable this when using an external DAC that cannot cope with these adjustments.

There is a setting that you might like to change to see if it makes a different in term of sound quality

 

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2psyop
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Bluesound has outstanding customer service. The IT guys helped me a couple of times. I can't imagine they couldn't isolate and fix your problem.

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