24-Nov-2015, 16:49
(10-Nov-2015, 01:25)hk6230 Wrote: If you are not in China, then I would recommend Bluesound Node 2.I just upgraded from Bluesound Node 1 to Node 2 and find the results quite good. I am now using the new coax out (previously I was using the optical out, the only S/PDIF connection available) and the SQ has leaped up, to the point where even my wife says she can hear the difference. I understand that Bluesound soon will be upgrading the app (I use the iOS app) but I find the current version quite easy. One very nice feature is that you can assemble playlists from streaming services (I use Tidal and Spotify) with your computer music (you can access your computer music via shared folders). The new form factor is also nice: smaller footprint and more elegant looking device. I think one of the reasons that the coax connection works better -- aside from the implicit sonic advantages of coax over optical -- is that I am now able to use a complete loom of Acoustic Systems International cables in my system (power, speaker and coax).
Devialet Expert 220 Pro Kinki EX-M7 power amp tethered to a fiber-fed Lumin X1 streamer via Grimm XLRs, Vivid B1 Decade speakers in Rosso Barchetta red (only 200 produced in a limited edition), Roon Nucleus with a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, etherREGEN switch fed by a Sonore opticalModule (and Sonore-supplied transceivers and 1M optical cable) with a SOtM dCBL-Cat7 cable to my Nucleus and a DH Labs Reunion Cat8 to my Lumin T2 streamer, Keces P8 linear power supply feeding a (to come) NUC and EtherREGEN switch with an external AfterDark OCXO clock., and opticalModule (5V/1A), AudioQuest Niagara 1000 power conditioner, ASI LiveLine loom (purchased directly from Franck Tchang when I lived in France), Less Loss Firewall for Speakers and Roon lifetime license with Tidal streaming.
