If you’ve heard an iFi Zen stream, anything better under $1k?

Not sure what ProJect can provide outside of any other Pi based setup, not sure though

From what I read they add a lot of tweaks that we could probably do but likely wouldn’t.  Could be wrong, but ProJect knows a helluva lot more than I do so I’d bet they’re adding some pretty significant value.  Just a guess though.  But, and like I tell my wife it’s a big butt, how it compares to the iFi at about half the cost is the big question, at least to me.  Again, I’m strongly leaning to the iFi but am willing to learn as well. 

No one has mentioned the Node yet?

I mentioned the 2i, at least they are doing USB out on the node now but I have never been impressed with their units as streamers only.  If you need a one box dac/streamer then they are good but I would spend more on the Cambridge CXN v2 over a node if I needed a dac too.

In that $$ zone, The Node 3rd Gen. Hands down. The Cambridge CXN (V2, not V1) is a good unit as well, twice the cost of the Node though and not nearly as stable. The Node just works. Easy OS interface, never a connectivity problem or otherwise. Especially for casual listening it’s hard to beat.

geof3

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02-19-2022 9:16pm

In that $$ zone, The Node 3rd Gen. Hands down. The Cambridge CXN (V2, not V1) is a good unit as well, twice the cost of the Node though and not nearly as stable. The Node just works. Easy OS interface, never a connectivity problem or otherwise. Especially for casual listening it’s hard to beat.

Hands down?  So you've heard the iFi side by side with the node?