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Hi, All-
I've been loving my Bluesound Node 2 for the last couple of weeks, but the interwebs consensus is that an outboard DAC can improve the sound quality greatly.
How much do I have to spend to get a solid upgrade? Is $500 a reasonable budget? Any suggestions?
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And you can return it in a couple weeks if you don't like it.. Less a Retock Fee and shipping... I've got the Modi for $99 and it's pretty damn good. - No Schiit!
Edits: 08/24/19
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I haven't seen a Mojo 2. Do they actually exist for sale? I've only seen the Mojo.
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I recently bought a $3000 Mytek Brooklyn Bridge and it sounds awesome; the best sounding DAC I've ever owned. After buying the Mytek, I decided to buy a portable digital player, the $450 FiiO M11 . Surprisingly, I think it sounds just as good as the expensive Mytek.
The FiiO M11 can function as an outboard DAC as well as an autonomous digital player. Additionally, it can access streaming websites on the internet via WiFi. It also has Bluetooth. It's simply an amazing digital player that supports PCM up to 384-kHz/24-bit and DSD up to DSD256. That's Quad DSD! Furthermore, it has two micro SD memory card ports with the capability to address up 4-terabytes of plug-in memory. Currently, I have two 512-GB Micro SDXC cards in mine. It has both unbalanced and balanced analog outputs. I bought a balanced interconnect so I could connect it directly to the balanced inputs on my Parasound Halo A21 power amplifier and its sound quality blows me away.
The thing I like best is that it's a totally self-contained digital player with the ability to store all my favorite Hi-Res digital music files in its extra large memory bank and the metadata is displayed on a one-megapixel touch screen. It's really an amazing component for its price. Of course, you'll have to spend about $710 total in order to equip it with two 512-GB memory cards and a balanced interconnect, but it is totally autonomous and it sounds awesome.
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That good, huh? I'm intrigued.
If you're using it as a digital player for your system, is there an app for it so lazy buggers like me can operate it from a phone? If so, how is the app? I currently use Pulsar as my phone app which I love.
What do you not like about the Fiio?
> What do you not like about the Fiio?
There's very little not to like when considering its exceptional sound quality and its reasonable price.
I'm not aware of a smartphone app for the FiiO M11. I just hold it in my hand so I can't understand why I would want a smartphone app.
I have an app on my smartphone to play the Mytek Brooklyn Bridge, though.
Best regards,
John Elison
Rather tempting to try one. We shall see - be nice to have a streamer again (other than my phone via bluetooth).
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