New Bluesound's Node 2i


https://www.crutchfield.com/p_813NODE2IB/Bluesound-Node-2i-Black.html?tp=63339&awkw=586297302367...

Here's why the Node 2 was on sale and so many are available on the used market.


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I added an RME ADI2-DAC to my Bluesound node. Got a big jump in SQ. The DAC chips in the Bluesound are very good. But they are voiced to sound a certain way. W/an outboard DAC you can fine tune the sound w/various filters and in the case of my DAC can use the parametric EQ to shape the sound I want.
I find it annoying that theWhathifi review does not provide ANY detail as to how Node 2i was used in the system with Gamut preamp/amp.  Was it used via its analogue outputs? Coax, toslink outputs into an outboard DAC?  What was the source of data to Node 2i?  
Id love to see this offered w/o a dac at a lower price...

kbuzz: my thought exactly.