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BlueSound Stinks(!), anyone?

I am looking for your help.  We recently switched from Sonos to BlueSound to get higher streaming rates.  So far we have had consistent problems and issues(!!).  Specifically, about 50% of the time my and my wife's BlueSound app does not recognize the Node 2i's.  When I delete the app, reinstall it and reconnect the Nodes, we again have the same problems at least 50% of the time.  It is simply a joke of a product and I find we are not alone.  I have tried just about everything.

Also, when I go online to get help, I find that I am not alone and there is a tsunami of negative (to the degree of very hostile) comments about BlueSound and for the most part it is the same issue.  I have tried just about everything and I am about to simply trash/sell mine and go back to Sonos.  If I do go back to Sonos, I will also leave a stream of bad comments on every forum I can since going back to Sonos will represent a big financial loss to me simply because Bluesound is an irresponsible/deceptive company at my expense.

Alternatively, I just want it to reliably work.  Do you you have and advice and/or guidance to get Bluesound to reliably work?  Is there a better alternative to to get higher bit rates thank Bluesound?

Thank you in advance for your help.  Dave


butterman
alymere
20 posts
 
Every time I am forced to upgrade my BluOS player software or the application, the new version breaks. What used to be perfectly functional now doesn’t work and I can count on a few hours of messing around and rolling back to previous versions to make it all operational again. Have had 2 Node2i’s for 2 years in my system and the upgrades never work properly.
bluemoodriver
193 posts
 
Another happy Node 2i user here. I have it connected directly to my mesh with an ethernet cable, and control it through Roon. Excellent. No Android devices in the household.  The BlueOs controller and Roon is all on Apple gear. 100% reliable. 
rajugsw
217 posts
 
Has anyone been able to stream Amazon HD "bitperfect" ? I'd like to buy one only for this purpose.

My idea is :

  1. connect the node 2 to my network
  2. via my DLNA/Ethernet, be able to get my PS Audio DSSr DAC (no network card BTW) to show the actual Amazon HD playback bitrate (USB/Windows 10 defaults to 352kHz/24 Bit)
This method via Ethernet/Audirvanna/Qobuz (trial) works flawlessly. I use a Sony UBP-X1000ES as my "Streamer" and via HDMI to I2S into the PS Audio DAC, the playback is indistguishable form the CD/HI Res PCM counterparts. 

Anyone else notice that playback levels form Qobuz are a bit on the "hot" side when compared to the same tracks from a DVD-Audio disc or pre loudness wars CD ?
sryjr
1 posts
 
Currently I have NAD T-758V3 and one Pulse Flex. (Using iPad and iPhone for UI) I had nothing but issues with flaky connectivity issues and was close to pitching it all into the trash.
I spent a lot of time with Bluesound support and reading the various Bluesound boards. The root cause seems to be around how the various routers manage muticast traffic. I replaced my Asus AC3100 router with a TP-Link AX6000. Wow what a difference!
To be fair, until the last update I was having issues with Tidal hanging occasionally. Playing FLAC from my NAS was fine. The NAS is connected to the router via ethernet. The NAD and Pulse Flex are wireless.
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audioguy85
2,018 posts
 
Please explain how a laptop is "dirty"??? If you are bypassing the laptop internal DAC and hooking it up to what have you external DAC then all the laptop is doing is sending a stream from wherever to the DAC of your choice. Why on earth you would need to buy a blue sound node or any other streamer is beyond me, when you can just use laptop, ipod, iPad etc....
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