Bluesound Node Icon

The Node Icon is Bluesound's flagship streamer, with an aluminum chassis, a 5 inch color display and a dual-mono DAC built around two ESS ES9039Q2M chips. It adds MQA Labs' QRONO d2a timing correction and THX AAA headphone amplification, and it connects to a TV through HDMI eARC.

Dirac Live room correction is available as an upgrade, with the Dirac Live calibration kit sold separately.

Specifications

• DAC: two ESS ES9039Q2M, dual mono
• THD+N: 0.0004%; signal-to-noise: -129 dB (XLR), -121 dB (RCA)
• Formats: FLAC, MQA, WAV, AIFF, MPEG-4 SLS, ALAC, MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG and OPUS; PCM up to 24-bit/192 kHz and DSD256
• Inputs: HDMI eARC, optical, RCA analog, USB-C (PC audio), USB-A (storage), Ethernet, 3.5 mm IR
• Outputs: balanced XLR and RCA analog (fixed or variable), optical, coaxial, USB audio, subwoofer RCA, 12 V trigger
• Headphones: two 6.3 mm outputs with THX AAA amplification; 150 mW into 16 ohms, 235 mW into 32 ohms, 56 mW into 250 ohms, 23 mW into 600 ohms
• Bluetooth 5.2 with aptX Adaptive, two-way
• Streaming: AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect (including Spotify Lossless), TIDAL Connect, Qobuz Connect, Roon Ready, plus more than 20 music services and internet radio through BluOS
• Control: BluOS app for iOS, Android, Windows and macOS; Amazon Alexa skills; Crestron, Control4, RTI, ELAN, URC, Lutron and Josh.ai integrations
• Network: Gigabit Ethernet and dual-band Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
• Dimensions: 220 x 84 x 193 mm (8.7 x 3.3 x 7.6 in)
• Weight: 2.23 kg (4.92 lb)
• Finish: black