{"id":130756,"date":"2021-05-14T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=130756"},"modified":"2021-05-14T07:00:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T06:00:22","slug":"bluesound-node-2i-and-powernode-2i-updated-streamer-and-integrated-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/bluesound-node-2i-and-powernode-2i-updated-streamer-and-integrated-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluesound Node 2i and Powernode 2i: Updated streamer and integrated amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Bluesound<\/b>\u00a0released new versions of their popular products &#8211; music streamer\u00a0<b>Bluesound Node 2i<\/b>\u00a0and integrated amplifier with network functionality\u00a0<b>Bluesound powernode 2i<\/b>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>New items received updated chips in the DAC units, more powerful central processing units and improved control keys.\u00a0In addition, the Powernode 2i&#8217;s power output has increased from 60 watts to\u00a0<b>80 watts<\/b>\u00a0per channel into 8 ohms.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Bluesound powernode 2i\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ncg377ezyh4gcjhyh92mqp06s6zvxzf7.jpg\" alt=\"Bluesound powernode 2i\" width=\"870\" height=\"516\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The processor part of the new generation of models is built on a\u00a0<b>1.8 GHz<\/b>\u00a0quad-core\u00a0<b>ARM\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>Cortex A53 processor<\/b>\u00a0, and the DAC can now work in streaming mode with\u00a0<b>24\/192<\/b>\u00a0signals\u00a0and convert decoded\u00a0<b>MQA<\/b>\u00a0files\u00a0.\u00a0In addition to Wi-Fi and Ethernet, Bluesound Node 2i and Powernode 2i can receive digital signal through optical and coaxial inputs, USB Type-A and HDMI eARC ports.\u00a0There is also a bi-directional Bluetooth module onboard with aptX HD support.<\/p>\n<p>Both models support, in addition to the proprietary\u00a0<b>BluOS<\/b>\u00a0ecosystem\u00a0, the\u00a0<b>AirPlay 2<\/b>\u00a0protocol\u00a0and are\u00a0<b>Roon Ready<\/b>\u00a0.\u00a0<b>The Bluesound Node 2i<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Bluesound Powernode 2i<\/b>\u00a0will go on sale in June for \u00a3\u00a0<b>549<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>\u00a3 849<\/b>\u00a0, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><i>More info &#8211;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluesound.com\/\">\u00a0Bluesound<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bluesound\u00a0released new versions of their popular products &#8211; music streamer\u00a0Bluesound Node 2i\u00a0and integrated amplifier with network functionality\u00a0Bluesound powernode 2i\u00a0. New items received updated chips in the DAC units, more powerful central processing units and improved control keys.\u00a0In addition, the Powernode 2i&#8217;s power output has increased from 60 watts to\u00a080 watts\u00a0per channel into 8 ohms. &nbsp; [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/bluesound-node-2i-and-powernode-2i-updated-streamer-and-integrated-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":130757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-130756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}