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Bluesound Node Does Not Stream Pandora...bummer!

I bought a Bluesound Node, only to find out that it does not stream Pandora directly. I’m bummed.
I use Pandora for their jazz artist ’radio’ stations. The algorithm they use to conjure up playlists is truly outstanding. I’ve discovered so much new music and so many new artists because of it. I’ve tried all of the other pay services to test their ability to create great playlists for jazz, but no one does it like Pandora. Is there another streamer of equal sound quality and similar price range that plays Pandora?

Tidal, Napster, Amazon Music and internet radio sound wonderful on this unit....but I need my Pandora for new music!  The Node will play Pandora through my phone via Bluetooth, but the sound quality is not up to snuff, direct is the only way to go.
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mitch4t OP
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geof3, I have an iPhone and tried that route.
The sound is woefully inferior to everything else that plays direct through the Node…even internet radio direct through the Node beats the socks off of Pandora via AirPlay through the Node.  I’m looking for a solution of direct play.
geof3
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@mitch4t you said you tried Bluetooth. Airplay is not through Bluetooth. It is through the NODE same sample rate etc. the Airplay connection is WiFi. Should be night and day.
geof3
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One other thing… Pandora overall quality is NOT hifi keep in mind. You may be hearing the inferiority of Pandora, not the connection type as well. 
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mitch4t OP
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geof3,
...when I do it through AirPlay, it sounds like the life has been sucked out of it.  Before I got the Node I was playing Pandora on my phone through a bluetooth adapter on my stereo....even that was more satisfactory than Airplay. 

I'm buying an old Sonos Connect unit from eBay for dirt cheap, it plays Pandora direct.
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Pandora is now offered as a streaming service on Bluesound nodes

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