Audiolab 6000n play upgrade

[aversaurus]

I'm thinking of selling my audiolab 6000n play streamer and I have been looking at a blue node streamer .
Do you think it's worth the upgrade ?

 

[robdmarsh]

What don't you like about the Audiolab?

 

[nopiano]

If you value widely available apps and a better user experience then everything I’ve read suggests the Bluesound. I cannot say whether you will prefer the sound. Also, the Cambridge CXN V2 is £100 off in the Richer Sounds sale and that gets great feedback too. It’s a more conventional design if you have components in a rack

 

[aversaurus]

With the audiolab I'm not a fan of the DTS play fi app that you need to use .you access other services like Amazon music through it and it makes life harder than it needs to be

 

[Tinman1952]

With the audiolab I'm not a fan of the DTS play fi app that you need to use .you access other services like Amazon music through it and it makes life harder than it needs to be

DTS Play Fi is a disaster... doesn't do gapless..in fact ADDS 5 seconds gaps between tracks! Plus all music goes through the control device...phone or tablet. 😖 If you want Amazon Music then Bluesound Node is best option currently. 👍

 

[manicm]

The streamer and sound quality is first class, the problem as Tinman put it is the PlayFi platform, it doesn't do gapless on anything other than Spotify Connect, but even more critically, other services are actually using Bluetooth if I'm correct, with the exception of Spotify, other services actually stream from the phone to the 6000n. So you're not even getting CD quality.

 

[aversaurus]

I think your right that why it has to go

 

[Tinman1952]

Darko's update on DTS Play Fi app.....
tldr: you can transfer playback off the phone or tablet....but it's still a mess....😖

Audiolab’s 6000A Play – a Christmas tale | Darko.Audio

An update on an update.

darko.audio

 

[robdmarsh]

Anyone have any comments on the SQ and user interface, usabitlity of the Denon dnp 800ne or Marantz na6006? I'm seriously considering one of these two.

 

[Al ears]

Anyone have any comments on the SQ and user interface, usabitlity of the Denon dnp 800ne or Marantz na6006? I'm seriously considering one of these two.

Please start your own thread of you want answers regarding models that are not related to the OPs question

 

[Deleted member 108165]

Please start your own thread of you want answers regarding models that are not related to the OPs question

He already has but obviously hasn't had enough replies.

 

[Al ears]

He already has but obviously hasn't had enough replies.

Aha, forgot that. However this isn't the way to get more answers. Auditioning is the only way

 

[TenTonTarantula]

I think your right that why it has to go

Get the new Bluesound. New internal DACs sound good and you can always update with an external if you want to push further down the line.