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BlueOS Changes Coming?

Saw a teaser from NAD that they're getting ready to unveil an upgrade to BlueOS at a trade show soon. Anyone have any info on what will be changing? I've used BlueOS and BlueSound products for a few years. Must admit though I've thought about moving on to something else recently. ROON for its robustness perhaps, or something like the new HiFi Rose streamers with their own interface.

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jerryg123
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As NAD owns BlueSound I doubt they will move to another platform. Maybe they will finally make USB viable on the platform.... 

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rongvk OP
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Currently, I use an optical cable from a BlueSound Vault to my external DAC, then analog cable into the receiver. I assume USB between Vault and DAC would produce some improvement but not sure I'd hear the difference. Hopefully its more than that which they're announcing. 

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T hey dropped the new PC vewrsion last night. It is huge poster wall of album art of albums I liked/lisatened to and the algotithm really did a good job. Much preferred for my taste.

 

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Thanks for posting that. Will look forward to the mobile rollout/update once available. 

dinosore
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Currently, I use an optical cable from a BlueSound Vault to my external DAC, then analog cable into the receiver. I assume USB between Vault and DAC would produce some improvement but not sure I'd hear the difference. Hopefully its more than that which they're announcing. 

@rongvk I don't believe you can use the USB as a digital output on the Vault.  This feature was added on the newest version of the Node (N130). The Vault was not updated and is essentially the same generation as the older Node 2i.

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