Fido Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I just added a Bluesound Node Streamer to my setup and think for the $$$ it sounds damn good. I love my vinyl collection and my Cds but its so obvious that streaming Tidal and Spotify etc... are NOW and the FUTURE. Endless amounts of music at your fingertips and the Node 2i sounds very good streaming MQA via Tidal. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelluisg Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 hi..I was used blusound n2i is my system Marantz AV7705(pre-amp)+ monolith 11x + klipsch speakers for me the DAC inside marantz Av7705 sound much better Dac N2i ..but tell me about your experience with n2i ..what system is connect? I am tried to used in amazon music hd for hi res 24/192 khz ..and want to know if you connect to external DAc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 I have a Primaluna evo 400 - very high end integrated tube Amp. It sounds amazing. I have a Micromega External Mydac I'm hooking the Node2i up to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBlue Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 My Node2i is connected to an Emotiva DC-1 dac via coaxial and rca's. Can listen to the DC-1 when coax is selected or Node2i dac when analog is selected. I stream Tidal mostly. I find the 2 dacs very close with the Node a lil warmer but a lil less detailed. I usually listen from DC-1 dac but if the source recording seems bright i'll switch to the Node. The rest of my gear is in my sig. Oddly, 9 times out of 10 I prefer the CD quality version over the MQA versions on Tidal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalifornian Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I switched from Tidal to Amazon HD and for 99% of songs I don't notice a difference. I'm running Node2i via optical and rca (so i can switch between Node Dac or my Parasound P6+) I'm running dual jbl 18" bass bins with the jbl 2446h on jbl horns for high frequency (very high sensitivity) and can only tell a difference on very few songs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelluisg Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 21 hours ago, Fido said: I have a Primaluna evo 400 - very high end integrated tube Amp. It sounds amazing. I have a Micromega External Mydac I'm hooking the Node2i up to. wow! primaluna evo 400 looks exotic, robust and classic looks in the picture congrats .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelluisg Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 55 minutes ago, RadBlue said: My Node2i is connected to an Emotiva DC-1 dac via coaxial and rca's. Can listen to the DC-1 when coax is selected or Node2i dac when analog is selected. I stream Tidal mostly. I find the 2 dacs very close with the Node a lil warmer but a lil less detailed. I usually listen from DC-1 dac but if the source recording seems bright i'll switch to the Node. The rest of my gear is in my sig. Oddly, 9 times out of 10 I prefer the CD quality version over the MQA versions on Tidal. wow! awesome system ...my music is only streaming , amazon music hd running 7.2.4 ..i like to add node 2i but when I connected last time in my MARANTZ AV 7705 (premap) sound was cool but not like MARANTZ. question how you connect node 2i in you system ? do you have a external DAC? for example node 2i via coaxial to Emotiva DC-1 RCA to speakers ? ypou using DAC emotiva or DAC node2 i? tell me about your experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalifornian Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I personally really like the Marantz DACs and sound. I would say not to add anything unless you are feeling you are missing something. I have marantz sr7012 in living room system and love the sound. My dedicated listening room I went with Parasound for 2 channel listening. Ive contemplated switching to marantz but am liking the Parasound sound too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelluisg Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 40 minutes ago, Kalifornian said: I switched from Tidal to Amazon HD and for 99% of songs I don't notice a difference. I'm running Node2i via optical and rca (so i can switch between Node Dac or my Parasound P6+) I'm running dual jbl 18" bass bins with the jbl 2446h on jbl horns for high frequency (very high sensitivity) and can only tell a difference on very few songs. I have amazon music HD premium is awesome quality 24/192 khz but I can't use my playlist in HEOS app I looking streaming DAC ..I was node 2i but for me dac inside marantz av7705 is much better than DAc node 2 i ..may be my connection was wrong..tell me your experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalifornian Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 No I agree with you. The sound of the Marantz dac is warmer and smoother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 7 hours ago, angelluisg said: wow! primaluna evo 400 looks exotic, robust and classic looks in the picture congrats .. I actually think the DACS in the Node2i sound pretty damned good playing mostly Tidal. I had a Mcintosh Hybrid Integrated amp the MA252 and it sounded very good but the Primaluna EVO 400 is in another world. My Klipsch Fortes have never sounded anywhere near this AMAZING!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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