Bluesound Node 24/192 Streaming

[hk6230]

HK I have some mroe stupid questions.

1) Does Bluesound access NAS on connected to the network?. I saw in the web but not clear to me
2) How is the browsing experience of the folders in NAS drive?
3) indexing of the NAS folders - how long it takes for your size of folders - can you share ?

1. Yes, Bluesound can access my QNap TS-212P NAS but not via DLNA, most likely via uPnP or SAMBA.

2. Browsing is reasonably quick but not as good as Sonos Connect.
3. Indexing is about 1min for every 1000 sounds. Everytime a new album is added to your NAS, you will need to reindex the music all over again. This is something I hate the most. Sonos is much quicker, it just index for new files.

Please take note that Bluesound doesn't support APE and CUE format. I have to convert all my APE and CUE to FLAC or WAV.

Also, Bluesound is using Tunein for radio services. China's Tunein services is limited. Maybe India will be better.

If you absolutely must listen to 24-bit music, then you can consider Bluesound. Otherwise, I think Sonos Connect offers more music services and better interface. Come to think of it, there aren't any other streamer that can offer more value than Sonos. But Sonos can only support up to CD quality, which is 16/44.1 bitrate == to all currently HD music services such as Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer.