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| Hermes added, question I initially used a Blue Jean hdmi and then I upgraded to a DH labs Reference HDMI. I believe I have the Hermes set to ‘000’ and the DAC set to ‘001’ and this worked for both cables. The DH labs cable was a nice upgrade for $110. I got a little bit... | |
| Hermes added, question I just got a Venus DAC, and it took some time to get it configured with my Hermes. Apparently, the pin lay out on HDMI cords is not standardized, so you have to configure the pin lay out using the controls on the DAC until you find the right one f... | |
| Amazon music vs Qobuz I compared the 2 pretty extensively and I believe quobuz sounds SLIGHTLY better. The bigger issue for me is Amazon music has no support on Roon and the support on BluOS isn’t great either. Quobuz is supported by more streamers and is more user fri... | |
| Outlet - Shunyata vs Hubble 20 amp I purchased the shunyata outlet and was satisfied with the upgrade. I don’t know if it’s better than the Hubbel outlet but it did seem to have a positive impact on sound and it wasn’t insanely expensive. | |
| Upgrading Bluesound Node power supply with PD Creative (Hans B. reviews on Youtube) The VitOS app is very similar to BluOS, I actually like the way Quobuz is laid out a bit more with VitOS. It shows the full Quobuz homepage and looks a little nicer, neither app allows you to sort your album library which I find annoying. Overal... | |
| Upgrading Bluesound Node power supply with PD Creative (Hans B. reviews on Youtube) I installed the PD Creative board on my Node 2i and used an Allo Shanti lps. Honestly, streaming to an external DAC via spdif, I really didn’t notice much improvement at all. I ended up getting a Silent Angel Munich transport, which I found to be ... | |
| Any advantage to Bluesound Node 2i Versus Streaming from PC I have two Nodes one is a version 2 and the other is a 2i. I have them connected them via coaxial to Denafrips Ares II and a Schiit Yggdrasil. In both these setups I had previously used a pc USB to stream music through Qobuz or Amazon HD and I can... |