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Ready to move onto next stage of streaming

So for over a year I have been streaming Tidal via my Bluesound Vault 2.
Now I bought this mainly to rip all my cds to but after "discovering" Tidal I find that I rarely even playback from the Vault hard drive, I usually just find it on Tidal even if I know I have it in ripped format.

It boils down to 2 main source areas for me now,vinyl and streaming. Very happy with my analog as I do not even try to compare the two just let them happily coexist knowing they are different.

But here’s where I am at. I am sure there is probably a better setup for streaming Tidal with better sq than the Vault now.
However it still has to be as user friendly as the Vault to operate for the other denizens of chateaux Uberwaltz!
No computer science geniuses here!
Needs to be as simple as the Bluos app is right now for all to use.
Any suggestions that again does NOT revolve around any mac or pc setup.
Thank you
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audioman58
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I am very happy with the Lumin D-1: which allows you to upgrade to a much better power supply which makes a Huge difference .
Using the New Mojo audio Illuminati-2 which is one of the best 
Without question. $1,000 FOR A POWER SUPPLY? Absolutely 
It takes this $2k player using Wolfson best dacs 1 per channel
Which hos very good reviews and with upgraded power supply it can compete with dacs 3x that Without any problem and Sounds rich  and detailed, 
Also, Lumin has a Great App and auto firmwhere upgrades. 
mr_m
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uberwaltz,

No, the Ayre Codex is not MQA compatible. I believe the Node 2 and Vault have the same Dac. What I do know is the Codex even with standard redbook CD still sounds superior to the Node's or the Vault's on board MQA Dac. Even when they are decoding MQA.
sunnyd
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I had the chance to listen to the Lumin D1 and the Bluesound Node 2 streaming Tidal side-by-side a few months ago. For MQA, the Lumin was the better of the two but not by anywhere near as much as it bested the Node 2 on non-MQA files. The Lumin when upsampling CD quality files to DSD was a revelation to a former non-believer in upsampling. I heard the D1 without the SBooster power supply upgrade. I was told by a fairly reliable source that an upgraded power supply was essentially the only change in the Lumin D2 from the D1 so a comparison of the D1 with SBooster vs. the D2 might be relevant.
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uberwaltz OP
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Have some thinking ahead.
Aurilac, Mytek, Lumin.
All look like excellent products.
Thank you for suggestions so far.
randyhat
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After owning a Bluesound Node 2 for a year I moved it to another system in another part of the house.  I replaced it with a Lumin T-1 Streamer.  The T-1 does sound better but not by a huge margin.  This is not a knock against the Lumin, rather a testament to how good the Bluesound unit is.  I am glad I am able to use it in my second system.  The law of diminishing returns is invoked rather severely when it comes to upgrading from the Node.  Yes there are better, but at what cost?
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