Bluesound - Node N100 Network Music Player

Welcome to the HB Channel. My name is Hans Beekhuyzen and in this episode the Bluesound networked audio players The Lenbrook Group, the parent company of NAD and PSB Speakers, recently introduced a new brand networked audio players, called Bluesound. The brand uses skimmed down NAD technology but is aimed at a different demographic, design wise and price wise. I looked at three of their products: a streamer, a streamer with integrated power amp and a streamer with built in ripping and NAS functionality. The design of all three is equal, only the size differs. Bluesound uses NAD’s proprietary streaming technology that’s quick and reliable. It doesn’t rely on the power of a computer elsewhere in the house, like Squeezebox, and it is, unlike DLNA, fully aimed at audio streaming. It offers essential things like gapless playback and easy scrolling through long lists of albums and artists. A