New at Qobuz - no HiRes sound

Of course my pleasure. I posted a very similar question to the forum a few weeks back and got it resolved and it is nice to pass along the info. I am quite surprised that the node analog out compares favorably to your levinson. I would say that definitely puts you in the market for a DAC upgrade. The difference between the DAC I am running and the node is very very significant. Another question I had for the forum which has not been answered is can anything on the market right now compare to an Emm labs of the older generation (without spending more than $10k). Once I get a Denafrips in the fold I suppose I will answer this question for myself. 
I read a lot of experiences on the node in the forums but the comments do not indicate whether they are running direct out of the analog or to a separate DAC. many people might be judging it solely on its analog output rather than as a transport which would be a bit limited in my opinion. So many of us have a stand alone DAC or a high end cdp that can decode. 
Lastly I have found that if you have both tidal and qobuz a good bit of music not available on one will be available on the other. But this difficulty decoding is a major issue for me as A LOT of more recently released stuff is only available hi Rez  on both platforms. 
Good luck on your quest!  For my part, a new DAC (as long as it sounds good) is the only solution. 

Yes I think so: I am probably looking for a new DAC but I can not spend a lot of money on that....
Still struggling with identifying an economical solution here.

It is too bad that the Node 2 won't downscale to something your DAC would like...

Seems like you have a few options...  Replace the Node with a Streamer that will up/downscale...  Replace the DAC with one that will manage higher Rez files/streams...  Replace the Node and DAC with an all in one Streamer/DAC solution...

If you use Roon it can up/downscale for you...  Although I am not sure if Roon will run on your Node...

Good luck in your choices...

Indeed, I have options but I am currently looking for the most economic solution, so probably a DAC only unit is what I am going for. Would you know how much I need to budget for a unit better than that integrated into the Node2 - "the next best thing"?

Thanks for your feedback and your suggestions.

TEAC is selling the NT-505 for $1200 on Walmart.  It's $1999 everywhere else.  I just bought a second one to replace my Node 2.  It has a much better sounding DAC than the Node 2 and will stream both Tidal and Qobuz in hi-res.