I pulled the trigger and made the jump from a Bluesound Node to an Aurender N10. I can validate the improvement was a game changer, as you would expect, given the considerable difference in price.
What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please.
Wondering what improvements I can made to my streaming end and what you all are using.
Not looking to rip CDs and I mostly listen to vinyl.
System right now is:
Node 2 (latest version used streaming only with Roon)
Bel Canto e.One ref DAC 2.7
Bel Canto e.One ref CD3t Transport.
Bel Canto e.One ref 501S (best Class D to date to ever grace my system)
Mini GaN 5 ( had to try it and swap it in and out)
AM Qualiton X200 Tube Integrated (love it and gets most use)
QLN Prestige 5 Speakers.
All cables and wires are Signal Cable.
Appreciate the constructive feedback.
Have a great day.
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For what it's worth, I have the ever popular Bluesound Node 2i and the integration with Tidal has been terrible. Accessing Tidal from within the Bluesound app takes forever and frequently doesn't work (I have to search multiple times before any songs come up). However, just found out that I can use the Tidal app and connect through that to the Bluesound which works much better. As for sound quality, I've heard that USB is the way to go (see:
However, USB output is only available on the most recent Bluesound Node (2022 model). ! |
i went to roon at last year end so i have an i7 roon core doing the processing (from @elberoth) then three branches out -- optical conversion at switch to optical rendu as roon endpoint driving usb out into dacs downstream -- uptone etherregen clean (b) side to ifi zenstream as roon endpoint using its cleaned spdif rca out to dacs downstream -- wifi to node 2i as endpoint, then rca spdif out to dac (as older, former setup as a reference)
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