Compararing two experiences will always be very different, mostly due to the small differences in the sound pressure level and also the differences in the processing in the BV (you’d have to be very carefull there).
Also our memory of listening is very short and the danger of prefering, what is ‘supposed to sound better’ is big.

So, better....hmmmm - I am not sure, what that means. But the sound might be different!

Unless you are someone who sits down a lot and listen a lot to music, I’d go for the comfort of a connection through the BV.

However - as always with music/sound - try out things in your own room and pick what you like best.

MM

Hi guys,

My thoughts was IF Beosound Core with optical out directly to BL50 is a better solution regarding adioquality vs Soundcenter in the Eclipse with powerlink.

There are less D/A coversions when using a digital source directly to BL 50.

But maybe there are so little difference so it is an unnessery investment in the Core.

IF someone have tried both setup:s as described above then please give your opinion.

Best regards

Martin

I quite liked the Bluesound interface when I tried the Node 2i.

/forum/general-discussion-and-questions/a-day-with-a-bluesound-node-2i#post-2140323

Curly wrote:

I quite liked the Bluesound interface when I tried the Node 2i.

/forum/general-discussion-and-questions/a-day-with-a-bluesound-node-2i#post-2140323

Currently: BeoLab 17, BeoLab 18, BeoSound Core, BeoPlay S8 Connection Hub, Essence Remote

Previously: BeoSound 1 non-GVA

When discussing the Node 2i, some forum peeps suggested it’s not really that good a streamer and not a reasonable partner to BL50. They suggested Lumin or Auralic. Those are about 5x the price of the Node 2i... maybe it’s worth it? Maybe not?