Lumin Ap on Lumin players - not so good?

It's clear to me that one of these interfaces are designed they don't take into account the user.

The companies hire an outside firm to design the interface and that is presented and a big conference room setting it looks really great.  But then as people start to use it it's not all that great but they have to live with it.

It's a shame users don't get more involved with a usability of these interfaces. Who the heck designed lumin Interface?? I mean just tweak it a little bit to make it so much better.  One guy sitting in the back office somewhere is creating an interface and everybody have to live with whatever this guy did.  And this guy probably doesn't really use the app.  And what does he care

I am a streaming novice about to take delivery of a new(to me) Lumin T2. Previously I streamed Tidal through a DAC using my MacBook and a USB cable, so I am looking forward to the sonic improvements that taking the MacBook out of the chain will provide my set up. I will not be using Roon and Tidal is my preferred app for music. I will run the T2 with an iPad with the Lumin app, but if there is a way that I can use the Tidal interface as opposed to the Lumin, please someone walk me through how to do it. And please be as descriptive as possible...like you are speaking to the family dog.

Thank you in advance!

Brian

Use Tidal connect.

I think your Lumin will advertise itself as a Tidal connect endpoint automatically.

I’m not sure if you need to configure the Tidal connection in the lumin app or not (for your account information). It’s probably a safe bet to do this, do it first, and listen to some Tidal using the Lumin app first (it’s really not that hard to use).

Once you’re up and running, launch the Tidal app on your surface of choice (I’ve used my iPhone, my iPad, and my Mac. I’ve never tried android or windows).

Pick your playlist and hit play. Things will start play on your local device like it always has.

In the Tidal app, on my iPhone and my iPad there is a little icon in the lower left corner. Looks like a little speaker with a couple waves coming out to the right. On my mac its on lower right corner.

Click/Tap on that, and a menu will pop up, with a list of available endpoints to send your music. One of those items should be your new Lumin device. Click/Tap on that. The tidal app playlist will go to the device, and the music will directly stream to the Lumin (the app is at that point merely a remote control, you can turn it off if you wish).

FWIW, your Lumin also supports Spotify connect, and it works the same way with their app (although I think you need to explicitly turn it on in the Lumin app configuration).

Also, make sure your firmware in your Lumin is up to date. Tidal connect support was added last summer I think via firmware update (free). If you have trouble the Lumin guys give great support on the audioshark forum (Manufacturer Forums-> Lumin)

Extremely grateful for this tutorial, nosualc...I will give it a try once received tomorrow. Very excited to take my streaming to a higher level.

Cheers and happy listening!

Brian

Oh my God just get roon. 
 

Functionality is far superior.  Spotify was kind of nice to but they don't have quality recordings to listen to.  Which is really sad because they have really super playlists.

I have been using roon for quite a while and I don't have to be jerked round by some incredibly convoluted interface.

There are challenges with the roon Interface.  But the basics easily flow and anyone can pick it up and get right into it.

Profoundly sad users aren't taken into consideration when they designed the interfaces

Sweet Moses...jumia, you are correct! After less then two hours with my T2, the app interface is awful. You would think that Lumin would take better notice of what its end users are saying about their product. I have to believe that a fair amount of their target customers visit audiophile community forums in doing their due diligence, and if enough of them are swayed by negative comments, marketshare will fail to meet company expectations. Wake up Lumin! Great sound...once you deal with the frustrations of the interface! Roon is looking more and more attractive. 

Just work with it a bit, read the online manual. It's better than it seems at first, the biggest shortcoming to me is an outdated poorly written manual. I'm far from an expert, but I've been pretty happy once I figured out how to send music from Tidal's desktop app to the Lumin app on my IPad, where I've organized it, so I play it from there. I think the streamer is great. The documentation is poor. The worst part, if you have issues and need help, it easy for Tidal and Lumin to point the finger elsewhere.

This should not be so challenging. I bit the bullet and signed up for Roon to feed my T2 using my iPad to listen to Tidal.  Roon is looking for my Roon Core. What the flip is that and how do I access it?!

Isn't my Lumin the "core"? 

the core is where the roon operating software sits. It can be on your computer or a nucleus or a server.

You need to connect the app to the core via ethernet or wireless.

As an example, An iPad would be an endpoint.

So the Roon Remote and Roon Core are two separate entities each of which require a subscription?! Not the most easy of platforms to install or understand...

No it's one subscription.

You just have to have both pieces working together that's all.

Yea it's confusing. Talk to the guy sold you the t2

I own the X1 because I liked idea of not getting a separate dAc.