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Bluesound Node 2021 vs Cambridge CXN v2 sonically worth the price difference ?

My Oppo Sonica dac  maybe be toast. It won’t run through the program and locate the streamer despite rebooting etc. I think it’s a part that needs to be replaced, this happened before. 
I stream Tidal Hi-Fi only. I have a set 45 amp and Omega 3xrs. What other units  should I consider ? I have ptsd around connectivity based on the Oppo.

your thoughts are appreciated.
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node onboard dac isn't the greatest (smooth but dull), dunno if cambridge's is much better
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just in case you don't know

wireless can be wifi or bluetooth - they are not equal quality - bluetooth is vastly inferior to a (strong and well received) wifi signal into a streamer

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i think it is very very hard, well nigh impossible, to evaluate how a streamer sounds at a hifi show

lets say you hear a node playing in a bad sounding room

then a cxn v2 being used in a nice sounding room

is this sufficiently convincing to cross the node off the list and buy a cxn?  i would not, could not...

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