Yes. I have on several occasions here said how the BS Core is one of the best values out there. I have tried a bunch of DACs and the Core outperforms them all! IMHO, the Core and H95 are the best value for money products I own from B&O.

Both outperform products that cost more. I would not say that for any other B&O product I own or have had the pleasure to experience. The A9, comes close but the KEF LS 50 beats it on pure audio quality.

I began a thread called A DAY WITH BLUESOUND NODE 2i and my conclusion in comparing the Core to the Node 2i was that I could not hear a difference between the Core streaming Redbook quality 44/16 over Apple Airplay and the Node 2i streaming MQA 96/24 to my BeoLab 17s.

My ears aren’t particularly poor so to me that says either the difference between these sound qualities isn’t so great OR... the Core is able to punch far above its weight with Redbook quality streams.

Maybe indeed the Core is just a really, really good streamer! I’m glad you enjoy yours and I’m jealous of your BL50s!

I suppose it’s worth noting... the Core is more than 2x the price of the Node 2i ($1000 vs $450). 

Curly wrote:

I suppose it’s worth noting... the Core is more than 2x the price of the Node 2i ($1000 vs $450). 

Yes, but the B&O logo is typically worth a 5x markup, so one should expect a $1,000 B&O streamer to perform like a $200 streamer from any other company. 😁

laseralex wrote:

Yes, but the B&O logo is typically worth a 5x markup, so one should expect a $1,000 B&O streamer to perform like a $200 streamer from any other company.

2x Beosound Moment 4x Beosound Essence Mk II 3x Beolab 8000 1x Beolab 6000 1x Beolab 3 3x Beolab 2 4x BeoPlay M5 1x BeoPlay A6 9x Essence Remote

Aussie Michael wrote:

I don’t have a Core, but i found the same with the Essence Mk2.

When I no longer had the BS 5 Encore and then plugged the BL3s in to the essence i was astounded of how good it sounded compared to the Encore. So I’m sure they really built on the strengths of the Essence Mk2 with the Core.

The FCC ID side has some internal photos from the core but not so fine detailed ...

https://fccid.io/TTUBSCORE/Internal-Photos/Internal-Photos-3504566

I still have a Node 2i (in storage now) and also a Topping D90 DAC which I paid $700 for, so no streaming and just the DAC on the Core was as good as the Topping. The Topping is very highly regarded. The Core costs more, but to get equivalent quality in terms of DAC + Streaming especially when connected to BeoLab speakers will cost you at least as much and it will be much more bulky.