Blue node 2i vs other devices

Love, love, love my 2i with Qobuz and a nice dedicated DAC. Heaven. For $15 a month, I can listen to almost any piece of music I want...instantly and lossless(ly).

It is my experience and opinion that...having it go into an external DAC...mitigates any real or perceived compromise.

Don’t want to debate or start a flame war....but I believe even an Uber expensive streamer into the same DAC/system would sound identical...it streams bits.

If others disagree....feel free to spend more. The 2i is all I’ll ever need.

Node2i/Qobuz....by far biggest gamechager in my 50 years in this game.

Try ISKC Blues Cafe if you like HD Blues.
i liked my BluNode so much i settled on four others. I like them even better.
I hate the persistance queue.

I loved my Node 2i so much I upgraded to the PowerNode 2i.  They are pairing well with my Zu Audio Dirty Weekends.  Any suggestions for a power cord upgrade?

I stream using an Audioquest Beetle DAC from my iPad. Using Apple Music, XM, or Amazon Prime currently. It sounds great to me.  Going into a MacC28 pre and a Mac 2105 amp.  B&W 802 series 80 speakers. I’m changing this out however for a full set of Dahlquist DQ-10’s with the base mod and crossover. I want to try one of the “Lossless” services, likely Qobuz. Any advice?