Bluesound Node Nano Wireless High Resolution Multi-Room Music Streamer

Bluesound’s recently released Node-Nano has become the perfect addition to my older high end audio system. As a Mac user I had been investigating how best to add its internet music services in a system lacking internet capability and the Node-Nano fits the bill. It makes use of Bluesound’s proprietary app BluOS to connect to either my iPhone, iPad and computer via Airplay 2 to receive and play lossless and hi-res audio from Apple Music and Apple Classic. It will work with many other internet music providers such as Spotify and Amazon although I limit my listening to Apple with its audiophile quality of music. I have no experience with other providers except Spotify which at its base subscription price offers lower quality audio. Because of limited listening time I’ve yet to take advantage of the thousands of available world wide internet radio stations which BluOS makes easy to access. Apple (per usual) is an exception to these other sources in not providing direct access to internet servers. Instead it uses Airplay-2 to connect between devices which has none of the limitations of Bluetooth transmission. The Node-Nano with BluOS (and I assume its Android and Linux versions) accepts Airplay-2 transmission as easily as direct internet sources and can be controlled by any wifi enabled device like my iPhone and iPad. How much easier can listening to high quality audio be! The Node-Nano isn’t the least expensive device that serves this purpose but is Bluesound’s latest addition to a highly regarded line of wireless servers. The setup was easy and with only a few minutes delay incorporated the latest software. Connected directly to my tubed preamplifier I found the sound from its internal DAC impressive but may if curiosity has its way evaluate use of an external DAC which this device allows. Many of its other impressive features including multiple room connectivity will remain untested for the time being. The Node-Nano has provided much pleasure and a great solution for unlimited listening enjoyment.

Ir's nice when a product does exactly what it is supposed to do and is also easy to setup and run. Bluesound Node Nano is such a product. Start with classic packaging as if Apple Computer packed this product. Excellent startup booklet. Works flawlessly with my Qubuz Connect account. Sound quality is clear and clean which was not my experience with my USB connection. Streaming quality is first class. I use an external DAC so I have not tried out the internal DAC. Well worth the price.

Sounds really good. The quick start guide was less than worthy. Hook it up. Plug it in. login to the wifi. It took quite a while for the app to recognize the Nano and the recognize the wifi. I had trouble signing in to the streaming app, or so I thought. I would "login" and the login screen didn't change. I found I had to hit the backup arrow to open the streaming app. No mention of this anywhere. I had to find the online manual to figure what what all the status colors on the front of the Nano. The quick start guide just mentions "Green" when in fact there is a long list. The manual illustrations vary from the app screens. One size fits all "instructions".There is a paper list, or rather a novella, of terms and conditions included that are supposed to be read before the unit is to be started but a 5 page online "manual" couldn't be included in the box.

Setup, piece of cake! Update, piece of cake! Sound quality, outstanding! What else do I want? Update: I had NAC CS1 before but it started giving me problems so I returned it & bought Bluesound Node Nano. Everyday I’m loving it more & more, quality is really good. So happy that Nad CS1 broke down!

It is good. Easy to use. The audio quality is great. Three things I found: -using WiFi would sometimes disappear from the list of available Players. I connected it via Ethernet and there have been no problems since. Although we've had no problems with other Music streamers on WiFi I'm perfectly fine with this. -The app on my Android (Samsung Galaxy) can get a little 'wonky' every now and then (like 2-3 weeks), however this doesn't really bother me and restarting the app always fixes that. -Use the USB-C power that comes with it! Initially I used a 2 amp USB brick I already had and the player would restart every few minutes, especially when playing music. Switch back tot he one that came with it and no problems since.

Excellent product . Nice sound

Piece of junk. Keeps disconnecting from WiFi on a daily basis making it difficult to play music when I want to. Customer service only replies with standard troubleshooting responses that don’t solve the problem. Do NOT buy this product.

The Node Nano is easy to set up following the quick start guide and using the Bluesound iOS app. I have multiple products from Bluesound and they are high quality and sound great. This is no exception. In addition to using the BlueOS app, it is also Roon compatible, which fits into my Roon ecosystem.

Super son, facile à installer, c'est d'autant plus impressionnant que le son par bluetooth est vraiment top, c'est rare, pour en avoir installer un autre, la différence est vraiment flagrante ! Son par bluetooth ou wifi, le téléphone pilote le Node nano, qui lui se connecte directement au site de streaming, ça marche très bien, j'ai essayé pour Deezer et Spotify.

Żenada roku. Po drodze mam/miałem NVIDIA shield tv pro, rozmaite wersję Chromecast, fire stick tv, Yamaha wxad-10 i każde z tych urządzeń podłączałem bezprzewodowo. Szło to szybko, sprawnie i bezboleśnie. To ustrojstwo z kolei, jeśli nie działa właściwie, to należy podłączyć KABLEM (MAMY ROK 2026 przypominam) do routera, ale to i tak nie działa. Gdybym nie przerobił na tym routerze multum innych szeroko pojetych streamerow to mógłbym winić router, no ale nie mogę. Radzę odpuścić sobie to badziewie. Nie wykluczam, możliwości, że ktoś otrzyma wersję z nowszym oprogramowaniem i mu zadziala. Mi szkoda na to czasu.

Easy setup, good connectivity, very responsive when changing tracks or sources, the internal DAC sounds good too - better option than the WIIM Pro I tried first, because the Node has USB for connecting an external HD.

Merci Amazon : livraison nickel! Très bon streamer, rapport prix / qualité sonore excellent, ça vaut vraiment la peine de lui adjoindre une meilleure alimentation, j'ai choisi le ifi power x 5v et pour moi la différence est nette, tout est plus précis. Par contre, et malgré un bon réseau wifi 6, l'application pour IOS est une vraie catastrophe pour Qobuz... : décrochages intermittents, fonctions manquantes, lenteur d'affichage et d'exécution, fonction lecture aléatoire quasi inexistante, etc, etc...Incompréhensible... Vraiment dommage et trois étoiles pour le son de grande qualité. MISE A JOUR : RESOLU : le streamer était branché en RJ45 sur un switch (pas le choix...) je l'ai déconnecté du câble filaire et connecté sur mon réseau WIFI > problème résolu!!!, l'app est beaucoup plus réactive, presque plus de latence et à nouveau qualité de son vraiment top : je l'utilise avec un dac externe Topping D70 PRO octo : superbe... Le dac interne donne un résultat un peu différent mais de grande qualité aussi. Question de goût. Bref rapport qualité prix vraiment top!

I was convinced that I would keep the Wiim ultra as it has so many features and the online reviews are all raving about it. Completely stunned how good the Nano sounds in comparison and I was not expecting that at all. It is a small rugged little box that has some heft to it. Worked as expected straight out the box, also it indexed my large ripped music collection on my nas, something that the Wiim struggled with. I would give it 10 stars if I could. I also paid for mine, no review sample, etc... the software has less features than the wiim however in my opinion it's slicker and looks far better.