Node2 (not 2021) connecting to Cyrus i9 XR

Jeremy Cullen

• May 31, 2022 19:02

I have a Node2 that is a few years old (not 2021 model). I have been successfully using the Node2 'audio out' to connect to a Cyrus 8VS2 integrated amp.

I just got a Cyrus i9XR that has an integrated DAC. Is it best to connect the new I9 to the node2 with a digital coax cable? Thus utilising the Cyrus DAC in the i9? If so - do I then lose the Node 2 MQA facility?

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  Paul Francis

  • May 31, 2022 19:29

  If the dac in the cyrus amplifier doesn't support MQA it will be 24/88.

  I'd still connect your node 2 to your cyrus amplifiers dac.
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  Jeremy Cullen

  • June 01, 2022 17:01

  Paul thanks, yes you're right the cyrus i9 doesn't support MQA.  And yes the i9 shows sample rate of 88.2 (against 44.1 for CD quality input from Radio Paradise). So I am guessing I should also set the 'MQA external DAC' switch on the node2 to 'off'?

  Really difficult to make sense of this stuff as there is no manual (that I could find) and no online help against the flag in the Bluos controller software.

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