Bluesound POWERNODE Edge Compact Wireless Multi-Room High Resolution Music Streaming Amplifier - Black

I needed an amp for speakers in an older kid's room. I wanted to reuse an old receiver, but it takes up space. There are wires, buttons to press, remotes, etc. I thought about a simpler solution. I already have BluOS devices, so it was only natural to get this new Powernode Edge. It is perfect. There are no extra buttons, no extra wires, it has enough power, and it is dead simple. It sounds excellent paired with KEF Q150. It is powerful enough to blow woofers into space. Luckily BluOS has a volume limiter, which helped (be careful; my device was set to max volume when I turned it on the first time). I see only two downsides to this device. It does not have a pre-out, so you cannot reuse it if you need more power. It also depends on the BluOS ecosystem, software, and service, so technological longevity is an issue. For myself, I decided that if it lived for 5-8 years, it would be a win. My kid and I are thrilled with this purchase.

I plugged a set of speakers and a subwoofer and was pleasantly impressed with how crisp the sound came out. Decided to keep it for further review.

Bought this a while ago now. Works seamlessly. Easy set up out of the box. Performs very well. Would highly recommend. I use it as a streamer from my Roon app.

So far works like a champ. Easy upgrade from Sonos.

Does not have youtube music as an option to stream unless using Bluetooth.

Have this for my desktop PC setup that power 2 Bowers & Wilkins 600 Series 607 S2 speakers. Bluesound is amazing, the BluOS is great, and I'm even able to use my PC input and stream it across all my other Bluesound devices. I really wish this had USB audio input but the toslink input works great!

This is a great quality amplifier. The unit looks sleek and works with most decor. It's daddy to hook up and produces great sound.

I had nothing but trouble with the blue sound edge staying connected to their app. I did the initial setup as well as the firmware update and all seemed to be fine. I would start streaming but the device would stop playing and I would have to unplug the device to get it to reconnect. Searched for a fix but nothing available. I want something that is a one time setup and works. I returned the edge.

I purchased this for a second system in my bedroom, and I could not be more pleased, paired with my Q Acoustics 3030i stand mounts, I initially had in my mind to pair with a sub seeing as the Edge can high pass the mains, but after a few weeks settling in I really don’t think it’s required in this room (3.5x4.5m) BlueOS has been rock solid, and the eArc from the TV is a boon for decent TV sound without a sound bar (and actually as a music source if you enjoy music videos from the Tidal Apple TV app) For the right use case I cannot recommend this more, the only quibble is that I had to shell out for an extra cable to connect my turntable pre amp as the dual aux/opt input is 3.5mm and I didn’t have a decent quality one to hand.

Overall I'm really pleased with my powernode edge, but a few limitations make me wonder if I should have considered the new wiim amp which is considerably cheaper and more flexible. - not as compatible with android as apple devices Eg if I use an app not supported by bluesound, my android phone cannot stream over WiFi /Chromecast to the powernode (it can use lower quality Bluetooth) or whereas an apple device can use airplay 2. - Bluetooth out does not support apt to match my headphones (only aptx which my Sony wh-1000xm4 do not support) - minimal EQ control (just bass and treble) unlike the Wiim. - lacks support for a lot of apps such as mixcloud which I use every day or SoundCloud whereas wiim are constantly adding more apps. - problems setting up with android and had to use iPad but believe they were teething problems with v4 of the controller app which have now been resolved. Seems to be very reliable, the sound is good quality and overall impressed.

works day-to-day, streaming via Spotify connect or AirPlay is robust. On the rare occasion that all neighbors are away it would be great if it had a bit more oomph for the floor standing speakers.

This is my second Bluesound device so for me it was very easy to setup this device. I discovered when setting up my first Bluesound device the iPad Air 2 had issues with the Bluesound app. I had no trouble with an iPad Pro. The Bluesound devices are always visible in Spotify or Tidal. No network issues. I was worried that it may not sound very good for a small unit that has so many features; streamer, DAC, and amplifier. I was pleasantly surprised how good it sounds. I have it paired with PSB Alpha P3 Compact Bookshelf Speaker. I would recommend this system for small spaces like a den, bedroom, etc..

Das Gerät ist sehr smart und schaltet sich automatisch ein wenn man Musik streamt und den Fernseher anschaltet. Die Musikqualität mit meinen Dynaudio Standlautsprechern war trotz geringer Leistung bemerkenswert und völlig ausreichend. Eine tolle und moderne Lösung. Ich habe mich am Ende für einen Yamaha Stereoverstärker entschieden da ich mir eine manuelle Bedienung am Gerät gewünscht habe. Mit dem modernen Minimalismus konnte ich meine Familie nicht ganz glücklich machen. :-) Aber ein tolles Gerät. Einziges Manko ist die Bedienung die ohne App nicht intuitiv ist.