• I have a node 2i and yeah it does great, slightly over priced maybe, defo don't pay over £500. Theres a powered version too, it's defo overpriced, at £300 more your better off with a separate amp if similar value. I think they originally intended to be £400 and £600 was their target pricing.
    Briefly had my new streamer taking its tv/ps4 sounds from the tv optical out (Samsung and quite old) as ps4 don't have an optical out of thee own and new streamer doesn't have a hdmi in out. Now have a hdmi to optical box. Difference in sound quality wasn't audiophile "mmm i detected that the xxxxxxxx", it was huge. Whatever the TV was doing to that sound stream waw bad.

  • What’s the rest of the system? I think the resolution of the downstream components is worth consideration when making a value judgment about sources.

  • Same between both setups!
    New Marantz PM7000N, it seems pretty good about not being fussy.
    Tv wasn't a fancy one at time, a cheap TV that size was maybe £400, it was £700 for same size, 'fancy' tv's with better all the things were obviously a lot more, Samsung brand.

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