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Is it worth it? DAC question

I have a simple second system consisting of a Sugden A21, a Bluesound Node and  Tekton Lore speakers. I have a spare Ifi Zen DAC V2 that I used about a year ago when I used my MacBook. Is it worth it to try and connect the Ifi as an external DAC or is the Node better as is? If I did try it, how do I connect the Node to the Ifi?

bluorion
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facten
2,762 posts
 

Ignoring the broken record poster above.

The only way to answer the question is for you to answer it yourself by trying it. Finding someone who has your exact equipment is likely relatively low. There are online threads about setup with an external DAC but since I don’t know which year/model of Node you have I didn’t provide links - try googling - connecting a bluesound node (add in specifc model) to an external DAC

 

 

ghdprentice
6,465 posts
 

@facten 

 

+1

jacobsdad2000
433 posts
 

My experience is the DAC in the Blue Sound Node is shite. Now it has been years since I have used one, it was night and day when I went to a Simaudio 230HAD and then 10 times better with the Simaudio MiND 2 Network Player.

iFi makes some very nice products. Give it a shot. 

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