Right, but it’s not clear if everyone with XLR output and XLR inputs has this problem. It’s unlikely that EVERYONE has this problem but it is clear that you should only buy the Node Icon if there is an in home trial associated with it.
I am not sure if there have been any revisions, if there are supply chain shortages, or if demand is sky high.
Clearly, some people got theirs last December. It’s not vaporware. Bluesound.com in the U.S. claimed that it would ship this week for orders, but it has been updated to week of Jan 20. I ordered mine Jan 2 from TMR, and my understanding is that the retailer is waiting for their next shipment, which they said is “before the end of the month”.
There are clearly people with issues, but there is no clear answer what percent of buyers have the problem.
NAD/Bluesound have poor and stellar measuring products so there isn’t a clear prediction you can assign.