Anodyne88 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Is there any audio quality or convenience advantage from having a bluesound node x connected to my newest control4 matrix? Or does the control4 do everything the bluesound node x does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 LollerAgent Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 55 minutes ago, Anodyne88 said: Is there any audio quality or convenience advantage from having a bluesound node x connected to my newest control4 matrix? Or does the control4 do everything the bluesound node x does? I do think that the Bluesound has better sound quality (via my Triad matrix) compared to native C4 audio via an EA5v2 -- but it's not as convenient for me, since my main source is typically Spotify and you cannot have a Spotify endpoint for each room when you use Bluesound (unless you have multiple nodes). It's pretty solid for other music services though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Time2Jet Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Spotify strikes again. God I hate Spotify in every way. But I think only integrators and audiophiles hate it. My wife and kids are Spotify all day people. I think the audio is horrid, the entire Spotify Connect thing is absurd (Sonos/Heos) and… I just hate it. Oh, and the app is nice. So that’s my issue. Imagine if it was a native full integration. Even with the horrid audio (who cares in 80% of distributed audio scenarios) it would be so killer. LollerAgent and SpencerT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ekohn00 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Anodyne88 said: Is there any audio quality or convenience advantage from having a bluesound node x connected to my newest control4 matrix? Or does the control4 do everything the bluesound node x does? What do you listen to most? As some said i guess Spotify has is limited. I think Airplay sounds better and by far anything you stream will sound better. I went to bluesound for roon intigration into my C4 Matrix, but at the same time, everything sounds far better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Anodyne88 Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 I mostly listen to Amazon music and Apple Music. Why do you think it sounds better? Is the dac in the node x better? Thank you for replying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Time2Jet Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 14 minutes ago, ekohn00 said: What do you listen to most? As some said i guess Spotify has is limited. I think Airplay sounds better and by far anything you stream will sound better. I went to bluesound for roon intigration into my C4 Matrix, but at the same time, everything sounds far better. As @LollerAgentmentioned earlier, Bluesound really sounds superior to native and a lot else. Mirage also sounds fantastic, but I notice some issues regarding volume stabilization from track to track. Funny when I really noticed was when a Beyoncé track played it sounded louder than other artists on a Tidal playlist. I can’t be just imagining that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ekohn00 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 14 hours ago, Anodyne88 said: I mostly listen to Amazon music and Apple Music. Why do you think it sounds better? Is the dac in the node x better? Thank you for replying! Node x is supposed to be better. I was considering this for the main system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Is there any audio quality or convenience advantage from having a bluesound node x connected to my newest control4 matrix? Or does the control4 do everything the bluesound node x does?
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