Originally Posted by
BultyBoy
I've just fitted the Fidelity Interface board and an Allo Shanti power supply. It is definitely much better to my ears. You can follow individual instruments now whereas is was a muddled sound before. I am so impressed with the Bluesound. The confusion to me now is being told yesterday that another dac won't make much difference if any. There is so much conflicting advice out there...
Thanks for the mention of the interface board and external psu, it's something I'm interested in trying. From what I've read (not exhaustively though) the board & psu makes a bigger difference when using the Node's internal DAC.
My own, very brief, try-out of Teac DAC vs the internal ended up with a slight preference to the former. Very subtle, but certainly demonstrable - the Teac having a more rounded, less forthright presentation, but perhaps more mature. Now the unit's run-in it would be interesting to re-compare. Also doing a comparison between coax and optical output - there does seem to be a split on which is better.
Richard.
Round & round bits: LP12/Cirkus/Kore/Herc II/Roksan Nima/Hana EL
Megabits: Bluesound Node 2i/TEAC UD-H01 dac
Making it louder bits: Phonostage: Dynavector P75 Amp: Cyrus 8vs/PSX-R Speakers: Royd Sintra II
Connecting it together bits i/c's: Flashback Premier. Speaker cables: Van Damme Hifi