Bluesound – Dirac Live Ready Is Now Available On Select Players

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Bluesound who are well known for their range of hi-res multi-room streaming players, has announced the arrival of Dirac Live readiness, the leading room correction technology, to select Bluesound players. Owners of the NODE (N132) and NODE ICON (N530) will now receive a firmware update enabling compatibility with Dirac Live. Owners of the earlier NODES to include; NODE X (N131), NODE (N130), POWERNODE (N330), and POWERNODE EDGE (N230) are slated to receive this feature before the summer of 2025.

An important benefit of the NODE designs is that the DIRAC filters have been implemented before the internal DAC, which will allow those who want to use an external DAC to also benefit from this powerful room equalization feature.

NODE owners can get this technology by installing the free firmware update and then buying both the room calibration kit from Bluesound, or approved resellers, and the Dirac Live license from the Dirac web site. The kit includes a high performance omni-directional microphone which supports the full audible frequency range (20 Hz – 20 KHz) and connects to any laptop or computer via the included USB-A 2.0 connector, it also features driverless operation for Windows and MacOS.