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Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying



For many years we have been touting the Lumin products as being one of the best sounding and best implimented paths to creating a fantastic sound in your system.

We sought to be a Lumin dealer after the A1 came out and pretty much got rave reviews as being the best sounding streamer out there, each successive product was better the new T2 is amazing at its price point and challenges $7k streamer/dacs/

The lastest review https://hometheaterreview.com/lumin-x1-network-player-reviewed/

sums up Lumins history and even offers a comparison of the X1 vs the Total Dac, and DCS and the Aqua Formula, we actually have tested the upgraded Formula V2 with the Statement and it does sound even bettter.
 
Summation the best sound the reviewer ever accheived was with the X1.

We sell some of the worlds best dacs, including T+A, Light Harmonic, Aqua Hif, Naim, Mytek, Bricasti, and with the X1 you have to spend $30-50k to better the X1, it is nice to see that other people are agreeing with exactly what we have been saying all along.

If you are looking for the best sound for the money, rock solid reliability, a fantastic feature set, Tidal, Qbouz, Spotify, Apple Airplay to play Youtube or Soundcloud, OTA upgrades, Roon endpoint, full Mqua, DSD and High data rate upsampling, upconversion and playability, solid build quality, built in volume control, the Lumin products are hard to beat.



Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Lumin dealers
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goldprintaudio
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@flip49er   One option you could also consider is running the X1 RCA outs to you Pass.  That would lower your output gain if you are worried about having too much.

And congrats on the deciding on the X1!  As a Lumin dealer, I think it's one fantastic piece of gear.

Are you keeping your U1 Mini?
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@xcool   I'm also a Lumin dealer, so perhaps I can offer a little insight on this.  Let me start by saying the X1 truly is a world class streamer.  But I'm a huge fan of the T2.  The performance it offers at it's price class is simply outstanding.

The answer to your question is really not an easy one.  Would you notice the difference b/t the two on back to back tests....likely.  Is the X1 the higher performer of the two....absolutely.  Is it worth the price difference.....maybe.  

Like every change in this strange hobby of ours, your incremental gain in sound quality will be in small percentages.  So think of the X1 being, say, 8-10% better than the the T2 overall. (just throwing those numbers out there as an example)

Is that worth the price difference in your setup....If you have the money, and don't mind spending it, then it may.
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goldprintaudio
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@xcool    I've not heard a T2 with a Sbooster upgrade.....Interesting that you are finding it brighter in sound.  

I don't find the X1 bright at all.  But you are going to have somewhat increased detail, that could potentially come across as a more forward sound (and that may be what you are also experiencing in your upgraded T2).
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