My SACD Transport feeds so much better signal to my DAC compared with streaming end...

@joyceulysses I had a Node before my Innuos.  My son has it now.  I've run Qobuz on a tablet.  My son runs Qobuz on his phone.  I've also used Audivarna on a laptop and used the streamer in my dac.  In my system, Audivarna sounded better than Roon.  It could be that I didn't have things optimized correctly.  Idk. I have read that Roon requires a lot of computing power to sound it's best.  I don't have that.  I loved the interface and wanted it to work, but in my system, it sounded flatter than the other options.

I mentioned it because it should be easy to put Qobuz or Amazon on your phone or a tablet. You don't need Qobuz connect. 

@joyceulysses 

Yeah!!!  There are soo many wonderful options out there when it comes to separates, or Streaming DAC's on the market today.  Me, personally, I was just as impressed with the Ayre Streaming DAC as I was with the DCS, so I went with the better value product, and I've never been happier!!!  Happy listening. 

Great to hear.  I agree with upgrading your CD player.  I moved from a Sony 300 carousel to a Rotel that’s in the same lineup as my amp and preamp.  It definitely made a difference including using the XLR connection from the player to the preamp.  Sounded better right from the opening of Baba O’Riley.  I now burn my CDs into my Innuos MK3 streamer so I use the USB connection.  It sounds as good as the CD player. 

Not sure it's entirely an answer to this query but I now use JPLAY as an alternate streaming program.  SQ seems better than Roon/Nucleus.  My Bartok DAC has its internal streamer, Mosaic , which is also excellent.  Mosaic is best when used by UPnP to connect to Qobuz Connect, a new feature at Mosaic.  The differences are small but if you are fussy about things.  Nice to have alternatives.

Have fun...

Hi All

I added the Teddy Pardo External Power Supply to my Bluesound Node

Big upgrade. I did have to void my warranty and open the unit. Pull out the node power supply and add in the card to work with the Teddy Pardo unit

Immediate sound stage improvement. Blacker background and a cleaner presentation
There are links on forums to research this power supply

I am running Node into PS Audio Directstream mkII DAC Via Coax. Files on a Bluesound Vault on NAS controlled by Bluesound App. Running through wifi

Well worth it

john