Is it worth it? DAC question

Ignoring the broken record poster above.

The only way to answer the question is for you to answer it yourself by trying it. Finding someone who has your exact equipment is likely relatively low. There are online threads about setup with an external DAC but since I don’t know which year/model of Node you have I didn’t provide links - try googling - connecting a bluesound node (add in specifc model) to an external DAC

@facten 

+1

My experience is the DAC in the Blue Sound Node is shite. Now it has been years since I have used one, it was night and day when I went to a Simaudio 230HAD and then 10 times better with the Simaudio MiND 2 Network Player.

iFi makes some very nice products. Give it a shot. 

You’re likely to get a meaningful upgrade with the iFi, but you’ll likely need a decent SPDIF digital cable to run from the Node to the DAC to be able to realize the advantages. If you can spring for something like this Acoustic Zen MC2 cable I think you’d be in for a real treat.

 https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650034624-acoustic-zen-mc2-rca-coax-cable-1m/

Best of luck. 

Thanks for the responses so far--I had to order a 5v adapter so hopefully it'll be here in a couple of days. Will keep you posted.