Bluesound - NODE Wireless Hi-Res Music Streamer with ESS Sabre HiFi DAC - Black

The NODE ICON is a flagship wireless music streamer for the audio obsessed. Every detail of the design has been carefully engineered to the highest standard of performance, from its breakthrough Dual-Mono DAC design implemented to perfection with two flagship ESS SABRE ES9039Q2M DACs, to its sleek aluminum chassis and beautiful 5” full-color display. The NODE ICON seamlessly connects to any high-performance amplifier, powered speakers or headphones, bringing BluOS hi-res streaming, Apple AirPlay 2, THX AAA headphone technology, and more to your existing stereo setup. With HDMI eARC, Dolby Digital and Dirac Ready, you can also transform the way you experience music and TV with immersive sound and state-of-the-art room correction technology. With carefully selected components, and a masterfully engineered Dual-Mono DAC design, the NODE ICON sets a new benchmark for wireless music streamers. It uses two of the latest ESS SABRE ES9039Q2M DACs and a transparent circuitry design to deliver sound with superior dynamic range, ultra-low distortion, and the highest possible resolution ever heard. DAC performance is further enhanced by MQA Labs’ revolutionary technology, QRONO D-to-A, which corrects any timing errors in the digital-to-analogue conversion process and realigns the timing response to the original recording. With a bold industrial design for the next generation of HiFi, the NODE ICON features a high-quality aluminum chassis, balanced XLR outputs, and a beautiful 5” full-color HD display. Its sleek gloss black finish blends seamlessly into any existing setup, with audiophile-grade connections to support high-quality performance. It also supports DSD playback and features the latest two-channel ES9826 SABRE ADC for true-to-source analog audio with virtually no noise or distortion. Stream all the music ever recorded, from popular music streaming services to your own digital music libraries, and access everything you listen to in the BluOS app. Apple AirPlay 2 and aptX Adaptive Bluetooth are also built-in to let you enjoy even more music from more apps and services. With HDMI eARC, you can easily connect the NODE ICON to your TV with a single cable and bring hi-res music streaming together with your movie and gaming experiences. The NODE ICON can wirelessly connect to Bluesound speakers and stereo components to create a multi-room music system connected by BluOS throughout your whole home. With dual-band Wi-Fi for dropout free listening, you can play your new favorite track everywhere or listen to different music and genres in different rooms with total control from your phone, tablet, or desktop. Lifelike headphone listening is made possible by THX AAA technology, the headphone amplifier that boasts the world's most linear response. Its patented feed-forward error correction results in remarkably low noise and distortion, revealing exceptional soundstage and clarity. Connect your high-performance headphones to the left or right full-sized 1/4" headphone jacks and enjoy audiophile listening without fuss or compromise. The NODE ICON comes ready to intelligently fight bad room acoustics with Dirac Live, available as an upgrade directly from Dirac. Use Dirac's app and a USB-microphone to measure your room acoustics and eliminate standing waves, reflections and reverberations, as well as other unwanted distortions. The result is clear, balanced, and detailed sound for your music and movie soundtracks. A calibration kit with a high-sensitivity USB-equipped microphone is also required and available from Bluesound with additional purchase.

The WiiM Ultra Digital Music Hub is a premium high-resolution music streamer and audio control center designed to elevate your home audio experience. Featuring a vibrant touchscreen display, extensive connectivity options, and support for popular streaming services, it seamlessly integrates with amplifiers, powered speakers, turntables, TVs, and headphones. With advanced audio processing, multiroom capabilities, and intuitive control through the WiiM Home app, the WiiM Ultra serves as the central hub for managing and enjoying music throughout your home.

The Arcam ST60 is a high-performance streaming source player and digital-to-analog converter that enables streaming audio from all of the major services (Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, etc) over Google Cast or Airplay2. It will also handle UPnP sources and is Roon Ready. Is has a 5.2-inch color LCD display, four digital audio inputs, two XLR and RCA outputs, and variable and fixed volume control capability. It's easy to set up and operate, and has a stylish modern solid-steel chassis for low noise and high performance. With XLR and RCA variable output terminal jacks, this easily integrates into most hi-fi systems by connecting to an integrated amplfier, audio separate components, or a home theater AVR. Arcam's legendary digital circuit design will please any music listener with its realstic and pure sound reproduction.