Just got a new Bluesound Node. Very disappointed!

All these suggestions for buying something else and bluesound is not that good and the like have some merit, but I think you should get IT to help and see what the unit can sound like, when you have fixed or addressed the problem. I can tell you your Camero is not a very good sports car, you should get a Porsche but if the problem on your Camera is a flat tire, it would make sense to fix the tire and take it for another spin with 4 good tires before you invest in the Porsche. My two cents..

Subwoofer setting was a good suggestion.   Bluesound is actually pretty good for the money in my experience.    You need to spend two or three times the amount to better it.

So where did my thinking go wrong with this thing. I always assumed to use it as a transport for the digital signal from the BNS and never use it’s internal DAC. So as long as the data file is “true” shouldn’t the SQ be determined by my outboard DAC?

long combative debate about importance of source (Streamer/CD Transport) vs DAC...I believe it all matters...not all do