Powernode alternatives?

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El Dylano

I run a KEF LS50 Meta and KEF Kube 10b (got it when I was using LS50W) and recently matched with the Bluesound Powernode.

The sound quality is superb. But there is one deal breaker for me. The audio latency. I don't use all the multiroom features,  I just want to be able to play music from Spotify Connect, eARC from my TV and also getting audio input from my PC without any nonsense lag.

The Powernode apparently has a 50ms audio delay thats been there since many generations before and the devs don't seem to keen on fixing the isuse.

So what are some alternatives for me? 

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  • El Dylano

    Do they not also use Blu OS which add the 50ms delay?

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  • El Dylano

    Thanks, just had a look the price also seems to go up quite a bit compared to Powernode (really good value for money).

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  • Bob Heuvel
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    Furthermore, NAD belongs to same company as BlueSound, so Seppi is preaching for his own parish. There are many other brands that do a far better job. Take a look at the Naim Atom. Great machine and no buggy BluOS. I have had only but troubles with my NAD c658 and BluOS. Now the digital inputs are dropping signal whenever I change the volume. Since the latest update. It’s maddening how BluOS screws everything up with each update. Naim and you won’t look back. Trust me.

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  • Bob Heuvel
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    By the way: have you tried turning off the AV mode on the player/input setting? That introduces a lipsync delay that is 50ms as default. Also turn off audio compression as that will delay also. Just look in the settings/player/input adjustment

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  • Bob Heuvel

    @Seppi: but still a Lenbrook company, leaning on BluOS, which is the culprit here.

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  • El Dylano

    Yeah I tried playing around with the AV mode setting, having it on/off both has the lipsync delay. Infact I saw another thread somewhere someone wrote a script and by turning off AV mode the delay goes up to 250ms and it is actually faster having the mode on.

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  • El Dylano

    Just had a look at the NAD C316BEE V2. It doesn't seem to have Spotify Connect? and for some reason the thread has been marked as answered when I still don't have a solution. Oh well.

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