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I did that. Was running Roon core on Mac mini to ultraRendu as Roon endpoint. I switched to a Lumin u1 mini. Cool thing about the Lumin is you can use it as a stand-alone unit or as a Roon endpoint. The lumin gave me Better sound quality and added more digital outputs (usb, rca coax, toslink, AES, BNC)
my goal was to rid of Roon as I didn’t want to pay the $120/yr anymore either. I only use streaming for Qobuz and Tidal. I don’t have have any files of my own since I still use Cd Player for that.
The lumin app is very good but Roon is better in my opinion. Once i got used to how the app works, I ditched Roon.
lumin also has amazing support. One of the lead engineers is on a ton of forums answering questions directly for folks. They update the app and firmware consistently. Overall good experience.
I did that. Was running Roon core on Mac mini to ultraRendu as Roon endpoint. I switched to a Lumin u1 mini. Cool thing about the Lumin is you can use it as a stand-alone unit or as a Roon endpoint. The lumin gave me Better sound quality and added more digital outputs (usb, rca coax, toslink, AES, BNC)
my goal was to rid of Roon as I didn’t want to pay the $120/yr anymore either. I only use streaming for Qobuz and Tidal. I don’t have have any files of my own since I still use Cd Player for that.
The lumin app is very good but Roon is better in my opinion. Once i got used to how the app works, I ditched Roon.
lumin also has amazing support. One of the lead engineers is on a ton of forums answering questions directly for folks. They update the app and firmware consistently. Overall good experience.