True in some cases, but not all.
If you are into measurements, the Node 2i doesn’t measure that well… Your friends at ASR say so.
From ASR tests:
Bluesound specs the unit at 0.005% and measurements are actually better in both channels. Resulting SINAD though (signal over noise and distortion) is not great at just 88 dB. This is well short of the dynamic range of the CD so the statement that the unit supports high-resolution, 24-bit playback is moot.
This performance is easily bettered by modest low cost DAC’s.
Again… I’m very surprised listeners couldn’t hear the differences.