BlueSound Stinks(!), anyone?

Back to, "Old Reliable"!
  I have wasted more resources, "Especially of my time"!
Attempting to integrate a, "streaming" capability into my rig than you would probably believe. Because in my mind? There is absolutely NO point in doing so unless it will sound "At Least" as fine as a "Wired", connection. I do not believe it exists at this time.
I had waited, and waited. Long have I waited to acquire this type of connection. And for many reasons.
   Alas, I wait still. As my last purchase in this endeavor.
The much hyped, "Blusound, Node2i", at the time of it's debut left me thinking I had received a bad unit. 
     But since I had purchased three....
Two days later and I I was done.
It, the much hyped, "Node2i", was "All Hype". And it had left me "Raging" at the whole industry. "Whether they were part of the marketing hype machination", "or  not". That hype which led me to finally take, "The Leap". into the world of,
"Consumer Home teaming". And for over two years before this I had tried just about every piece of "Streaming", gear available to me. In all of the possible configurations, and went through so much gear, so fast, that it completely filled the room adjacent, :"Home office" and I couldn't open the door as part of the :"Pile", had "self adjusted".
Finally? Back to a wired topology!
But now with DAC's galore!
And the "Hype"? 
It simply said that the damned thing actually worked correctly!
The tech. as of right now just simply isn't, "There", currently.
  I'll give it two more years until I would seriously even consider it again.
If you, "Want" that convenience now?
More power to ya, and good luck.

Disagree.

When it works. It doesn't stink. It actually sounds quite good.

Although, i do think they need to make their own remote device. I also have problems with bluetooth connectivity every time I start it up. Again it alk comes down to problems shaking hands with others. Sign of the times?

I went through a monthlong period where I got constant error messages on my BluOS app. Coincided with an upgrade from conventional network to Eero mesh. Hours of phone support calls to Bluesound, RCN, Eero later, one support person from Eero finally asked me what modem I was using...yup, that was the problem...SB6183 has bad firmware, never fixed. A new Motorola solved it. Now it works flawlessly. Wired with CAT5 (not even 5e) through an unmanaged switch to my EeroPro. 

Node 2, three years now, works fine if using ethernet.  BluOS app on I-phone is fine as is the app for I-pad. The Desktop app for Mac IOS is desperately bad.  I've used apps from Naim, Sonos and Auralic -- If streaming Tidal or Qobuz, the BluOS is equal to Sonos and superior to Auralic and Naim.

If I may? I too originally had bad experiences with the Node2i. Bad connectivity to the internet, the decommissioned Apple i6 I use couldn’t find it, etc. I was thinking it would be "plug and play" however it is not. Like any other component, it takes proper setup and dialing in to work its best. I did the following: 1) As mine is not hardwired I made sure it gets the best wifi signal I can give it. I got a wifi extender for my livingroom and it’s configured such that the only thing that connects to it is the Node2i. That was a big improvement right there. 2) I raised the Node2i’s location in my cabinet so that the wifi has a better line of sight not only to the wifi extender but for its internal hotspot to the phone I use. 3) I keep it updated. Bluesound regularly releases new software. It’s best to keep it up to date. With just those minor adjustments to the setup, it’s been very much better. Occasionally the phone will drop its connection but it reconnects on its own rather quickly. I like that I stream from Amazon, my own library of ripped music or use Pandora via BT. I think for the $500 it was a good purchase for me.
Happy listening!