I don’t think many people here bought the new one. There are good reasons for this; there is no new (useful) functionality and Bluesound hasn’t differentiated it sufficiently from the old one. People have spent money upgrading their existing units and are attached to them. There is also the question of whether it’s easy to sell the modded units. I expect the new ones are faster but does anyone need that.
The one with the built in amp looks like a solid upgrade but I don’t think many of us are at that end of the market.
Only BT and Airplay seem to have changed since the 2, there maybe some other minor changes, usb out?
I think the DAC is different on the NODE, of course some Hifi reviews make out, the new one sounds soo much better.
When I bought the 2 I looked into the differences between the 2 and 2i, soundwise nearly every user who had both, said they could not hear a difference.
I think modified units will sell quickly, you see very few for sale, someone the other day was looking to buy one. If not you can easily reverse the mods and sell as original. Polish interfaces are difficult now to import due to Brexit.
