Experience with Lumin L2?

brianbonf,

How did you run fiber from your router without the etherregen?

Many of the cheap fiber converters degrade the sound.

ozzy

So, I guess I need to ask this again.

I am very skeptical about paying $4000+ for an item (Lumin L2) that is essentially an external hard drive.

I have my Lumin X1 (it has a direct fiber input) connected via fiber from the EtherRegen which is connected via a short Ethernet cable (WireWorld 8) to my modem. I stream Qobuz.

I have copied (24/96,192, DSD) via a high Rez Tascam recorder my entire music collection LP’s, CD’s downloads, etc. and have that material on an 8tb hardrive (with several extra copied hardrives just in case).

I connect the hard drive to my Lumin with a short USB cable. ALL of my music is available via the Qobuz/ Lumin format.

So, what if anything, sound quality wise, would the Lumin L2 provide beyond a fancy case and $4000?

ozzy

It's going to be impossible for anyone to say.
The only way to find out for sure would be to get a home demo from a dealer or owner, so that you can listen to it in your exact setup and compare.

Even if I was confident in an improvement, putting a value of $4000 on it is entirely subjective, especially as you have a system you already like and is already addressing some of the problems that L2 aims to fix.