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Location: Dunblane
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I'm Steve.
Hi Mike
there was a brand new one (reduced price) on Pinkfish recently, not sure if it sold.
Regards Steve
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I'm Mike.
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I'm Mike.
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I'm phil.
Can i ask why? What will you go for? I was considering a node
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I'm Mel.
I’ve had the first model of the node since it was launched and prefer it to some of the over priced pi based boards which seem to be flavour of the month here.
Don’t be put off get a trial of one and decide for yourself and Mike I suggest you do the same and compare the whole usability aspect against your pi based setup.
That said I have many pi and dacs and do like them for casual listening and “playing” with.
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I'm Mike.
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I'm Marcus.
My experience, as a current node 2i owner, is that as a streamer, it is superb, very easy to use, the app runs on pretty much everything. I certainly prefer it to any PC based option, both functionally, and in sound quality (into the same dac).
However, if you are going to use the inbuilt dac, I would say probably not up to the standard of what people on these parts are expecting. Nothing bad as such, but just not as engaging as a decent outboard dac.
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I'm Mike.