This is an old thread but I just ran across it and thought I would add my two cents. I own a Bluesound Vault 2i. It is, hands down, one of THE WORST products I have ever purchased. I don't know which is worse, the hardware or the software - it's a race to the bottom. Vault reboots almost daily, software crashes all the time, discs frequently stuck in the unit when ripping. I cannot for the life of me play local music files on the thing. Beware a product that tries to do too much for a (relatively speaking) bargain price. In the end it does nothing well at all.