BLUESOUND goes Dirac Live

[ivayvr]

Online Store - Dirac

Get optimal sound quality in any environment with Dirac Live advanced sound technology. Shop now at Dirac Live online store.

www.dirac.com

Here is the price list for Dirac.
Unless I am missing something, it is quite reasonable.

 

[tjf]

Darko has more PR press release pics of the back of the Icon:

Bluesound teases Dirac-ready NODE Icon, 2024 NODE + NODE Nano | Darko.Audio

Something for every budget: good, better, best.

darko.audio

 

[Emlin]

Darko has more PR press release pics of the back of the Icon:

Bluesound teases Dirac-ready NODE Icon, 2024 NODE + NODE Nano | Darko.Audio

Something for every budget: good, better, best.

darko.audio

Darko always does. PR is the only thing he does successfully.

 

[tjf]

Speaking of PR, I signed up for the new MQA Labs subscription for updates and press releases, thinking I might get actual details for the MQA QRONO "transient time smearing" processing used in the Icon...

I'm sure it'll be full of "thought crime", "Doublethink", and "Newspeak" rather than actual technology descriptions of the processing, akin to Bob Stuart's early MQA sales talk of "De Blurring" of the time and phase characteristics of the PCM before hitting the DACs digital filters...

 

[Emlin]

Speaking of PR, I signed up for the new MQA Labs subscription for updates and press releases, thinking I might get actual details for the MQA QRONO "transient time smearing" processing used in the Icon...

I'm sure it'll be full of "thought crime", "Doublethink", and "Newspeak" rather than actual technology descriptions of the processing, akin to Bob Stuart's early MQA sales talk of "De Blurring" of the time and phase characteristics of the PCM before hitting the DACs digital filters...

Time smearing exists nowhere outside of Doctor Who.

 

[sfjain]

Online Store - Dirac

Get optimal sound quality in any environment with Dirac Live advanced sound technology. Shop now at Dirac Live online store.

www.dirac.com

Here is the price list for Dirac.
Unless I am missing something, it is quite reasonable.

It varys. A lot. Some NAD devices secondary to the high cost are enabled with limited bandwidth out of the box to charge another hundred dollars for full bandwidth. The other thing is the licenses are tied to the device and not transferable to another device. They are transferable if you sell the product to someone. One of the videos mentioned it’ll be a discount rate for Bluesound devices between 250 and 300.

 

[TankTop]

Time smearing exists nowhere outside of Doctor Who.

So you’re saying it does exist then

 

[JoetheLion]

Bluesound has delivered
Let's see which existing devices will receive DL.

Node N 132 seems to be essentially the Node X, apart from the fact that Node X was more expensive as a “limited special model” and silver. In any case, the processor is the same (ARM® CORTEX™ A53, quad-core, 1.8 GHz), so it would be a pure marketing decision if they didn't offer Dirac for the Node X as well. Then you can be twice as annoyed that you paid more than for the N132. Or be happy about the silver color.

 

[Emlin]

So you’re saying it does exist then

Only in a purely imaginary way.

 

[billou5767]

Node N 132 seems to be essentially the Node X, apart from the fact that Node X was more expensive as a “limited special model” and silver. In any case, the processor is the same (ARM® CORTEX™ A53, quad-core, 1.8 GHz), so it would be a pure marketing decision if they didn't offer Dirac for the Node X as well. Then you can be twice as annoyed that you paid more than for the N132. Or be happy about the silver color.

same processor : not frequency , no defect , and size of memory ?

 

[zeropoint]

The N130 & X both use "Quad-Core 1.8GHz ARM® Cortex™ A53" according to Bluesound specs, same as the ICON ("ARM® Cortex™ -A53, Quad-Core, 1.8GHz per core") and N132 ("Quad-core 1.8GHz ARM® Cortex™ A53 processor"), though the latter two may have more memory.

 

[billou5767]

The N130 & X both use "Quad-Core 1.8GHz ARM® Cortex™ A53" according to Bluesound specs, same as the ICON ("ARM® Cortex™ -A53, Quad-Core, 1.8GHz per core") and N132 ("Quad-core 1.8GHz ARM® Cortex™ A53 processor"), though the latter two may have more memory.

yes like is said its sofware update and sofware update need storage .. its not rare in somme product with memory inside you can not put new think because you cannot put more memory

it could be storage or memory to work

for exemple amd ryzen in one time tu put new processor the firmware need to erase old one on some motherboad , there was a famous probleme with some manufacturer with put 16 MB chip and other 32 MB : the 1st are fuck

even its 50 c for fabric

 

[pogo]

That sounds pretty good: Link

 

[sfjain]

Fishing for input here.

When using Dirac, do you suspect the built-in DAC in the blue sound icon/node will handle the signal better than an external DAC?

Also after processing will the Hi-Res/DSD signal sent to external DAC be down sampled. Thx

 

[billou5767]

Fishing for input here.

When using Dirac, do you suspect the built-in DAC in the blue sound icon/node will handle the signal better than an external DAC?

Also after processing will the Hi-Res/DSD signal sent to external DAC be down sampled. Thx

the dac do the same job before and after dirac

dirac do modification on fréquency , right / left: its modify the sound to have good sound in a place of the room

 

[ObscuredByClouds]

Is DL going to work via digital out?

I use WiiMs as a pure streamer all over my house, all of them optical, all so that way I can use Tidal Connect. I don't even use the app. It is nothing more than a way to add Tidal Connect to systems that do not support it.

I have 1 room to finish off, and it will most likely not have any room correction(other rooms are Anthem products with ARC, which I am perfectly happy with). If DL works via optical out, I'd be looking at that instead of another WiiM.

 

[pogo]

I signed up for the new MQA Labs subscription for updates and press releases, thinking I might get actual details for the MQA QRONO "transient time smearing" processing used in the Icon...

BluOS 4.6.3
Released September 17, 2024
• New MQA Libraries
• New chassis firmware for the NAD C 399, C 389, C 379 and C 3050
• Initial support for the Bluesound NODE (gen 5) and NAD C700 V2

 

[Emlin]

BluOS 4.6.3
Released September 17, 2024
• New MQA Libraries
• New chassis firmware for the NAD C 399, C 389, C 379 and C 3050
• Initial support for the Bluesound NODE (gen 5) and NAD C700 V2

Oh dear.

 

[billou5767]

nad have same blueos than bluesound ?

 

[pogo]

The basic BluOS operating system is the same, adapted to the different devices from Bluesound, NAD, Cyrus, Roksan, ...