FWIW, I upgraded about two years back from using a Node 2 -> Chord 2Qute to getting a used Auralic Aries w/ Dual Femto and linear power supply, used, for I think about $700.
Replacing the Node 2 with the Aries for streaming made a very noticeable improvement and took the 2Qute to another level, destroying my previously held notions that "moving 1s and 0s works fine from any HDD to a PC, so it shouldn't matter for music"
Replacing the Node 2 with the Aries for streaming made a very noticeable improvement and took the 2Qute to another level, destroying my previously held notions that "moving 1s and 0s works fine from any HDD to a PC, so it shouldn't matter for music"
