Is it worth it? DAC question

Good advice here. Experiments are fun and with a DAC, telling. I added an Orchid to my Node 2i and it was a huge improvement. Huge.

That said, which "Node" matters. They recently upgraded the DAC.

I did an external power supply on my Node 2i via PD Creative. Teddy Pardo is a nice unit but nearly or equal the price of the Node itself, I believe.

The iFi Zen appears to have only a USB input. You can only use it if you have a Node N130 or Node X.

Thanks again for the good advice---I've got the cables to connect just need the 5v adapter then I'll try it. @parker65310 Good to know about Silnote Audio--I'm in VA, will def check them out.

I have a Bluesound Node 2i that I use as a streamer only. I  have it connected to a PS Audio Directstream DAC, and the SQ is magnitudes better than the internal DAC.  I  would have purchased a more expensive streamer,  but I can't find one that supports both Amazon music and Idagio.  So I upgraded with a TeddyPardo LPS; I was very surprised by how much the lps improved the sq. Better bass, wider and deeper soundstage, and improved imaging. And a quality digital cable does make a difference,  despite the " it's just 0's and 1's, so it gets it or it doesn't " argument. 

Hook up a USB cable from Node to DAC. You don’t even have to go into Node settings to enable USB output. Listen and you decide.