bluesound icon audio streamer (N530)

The new Icon breaks away from the usual Bluesound design by adding an information screen, producing a more luxurious look and feel to the Bluesound experience. As with the other models, the Icon provides the same music streaming apps, the same wireless streaming options, same hi-res audio capability etc, but also adds balanced XLR outputs to connect to high quality amplifiers and pre-amplifiers.

Plug it in, connect to your network (wirelessly or physically), plug into your system, and you're ready to go.

First up, network streaming. The Node will see any music files stored on the same network, and if it can't see them straight away, it's very simple to connect to other products to do so. It will support most audio formats from MP3 to hi-res and DSD, and produce them with suitable quality thanks to its ESS 9039Q2M DAC chip.

Wireless music streaming is catered for with AirPlay2 for Apple products, and AptX 5.2 Bluetooth for any other phones and tablets, providing quick, easy, reliable wireless streaming. Numerous popular music streaming apps are catered for such as TIDAL Connect, Spotify Connect, QOBUZ etc, giving access to an abundance of online music.​

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For headphone listeners, the Icon includes THX AAA headphone amplifier technology with a 6.3mm headphone jack, as well as being able to connect wirelessly to Bluetooth headphones.​

As well as being Roon compatible, all Bluesound products have one of the best control apps available, giving access to a plethora of high quality music streaming apps, reliable wireless performance, all controllable via the BluOS control app, or even Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant.

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Just add a pair of active loudspeakers and you have a full digital music system, or add it to a 'vintage' analogue hi-fi and bring it fully up to date, adding all the above features plus the likes of Internet Radio streaming as well.