Great Qobuz streamer. Upgrade from Bluesound Node 2

I just spent approximately $3,000 for the Audiolab 6000N play (great streaming interface)
and Exogal Comet plus Dac and I am very happy with both!

Innuous Zen MK3, right at your budget and will rip any possible CD’s to its 1TB hard drive. Very well reviewed and seen at many audio shows.
happy hunting.

Keep the node 2i and buy ay schiit yggy and be done forever 

A. Dump the 2. Buy the new 2i. Net cost = + $300. Reviews are out- read them.

B. Buy the Line Magnetic DAC $2,300 if you can get one. If the wait is too long then buy a Black Ice DAC $800. The way this technology is advancing I would  strongly consider going cheap ($800) knowing
 2 years = new ballgame

C. Change to Amazon HiRez Streaming. $13/month. 

Merry Christmas!

How about this...
https://www.magnahifi.com/en/webshop/product/mano-ultra

I have one of these using Volumio to control it with the Quobuz plugin. It only has Coax out for general use, but it also has I2S via HDMI to connect to an Audio-Gd DAC, I have the R2R7, but the 8 is almost as good and a lot cheaper. You get the lot for around £3K.