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#The Bluesound Node is the music streamer every Hi-Fi setup needs

#The Bluesound Node is the music streamer every Hi-Fi setup needs

Friends, I’m in love. To be fair, I’ve felt this way for some time. It happened when I first got my hands on the Bluesound Node 2i music streamer a few years ago — a relationship that has been going strong since.

But the butterflies have started up again, because I’ve had the pleasure of testing out the latest iteration of the device, simply known as the Bluesound Node. Let me tell you of its charms.

Who is Bluesound?

If you haven’t heard of them, the company positions itself as the audiophille Sonos.

It produces wireless audio equipment with features designed to appeal to the music nerds, including a gamut of input and support for streaming high-quality music files.

Tell me about the Bluesound Node?

This is the company’s new music streamer. I covered it in detail when it first launched, but the simplest way to describe the Node is that it’s an audio enabler.

You plug it into your amplifier and it offers you a deluge of ways to play your digital music. You can use it via Bluetooth (it has aptX HD), Spotify Connect, Wi-Fi, AirPlay 2, and a range of other apps and music libraries.

Basically, if you’re playing something digitally, the Bluesound Node will help you get that onto your Hi-Fi.

And physically, it’s just as versatile:

bluesound node rear