![]() However, many flagship smartphones these days are capable of handling high-res. While there are a quite a few standalone portable high-res players, they aren’t always the most affordable. MORE: Wharfedale Diamond 220 review / compare prices Mobile high-res audio system These are top-class budget speakers: they sound excellent, delivering meaty bass with far more power than we expect from a boxes only 32cm tall. Into the Powernode we would plug a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 220s. ![]() Outputs cater for stereo speakers and a subwoofer. It’s worth remembering that streaming high-res audio over wifi is pretty bandwidth-intensive, so consider hard-wiring the Powernode with an ethernet cable. ![]() Its job is to take your music from the Vault. The Bluesound Powernode is a standalone, stereo streaming music player with a built-in digital amplifier. It happily incorporates other music stored on your network (say, on NAS drives). It offers 2TB of storage and the ability to rip CDs in FLAC, all without a computer. We begin with the Bluesound Vault, which is an all-in-one music server and CD ripper. What you get is ease of use and high-resolution audio (up to 24-bit/192kHz) combined in one impressive system. Our favourite affordable choice is Bluesound, from some of the folks who pioneered hi-fi company NAD back in the ’70s. Sonos’s monopoly is no more, with brands old and new throwing multiple hats into the ring. Multi-room audio has really boomed of late.
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