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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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@ozzy I believe you can simply connect your hard drive to your network and Lumin will see it. At least that’s the way Lumin’s own L1 network attached storage works. Does your hard drive have a network connector?

http://www.luminmusic.com/lumin-l1.html

https://i.postimg.cc/B6mHtkR5/Capture.png
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So I have the Lumin U1 and use the Lumin app.  I occasionally will play files off a thumb drive plugged into the USB input and the Lumin app sees the files just fine.  It should see your hard drive fine.  I would check with Angus Leung with Lumin (Global Sales & Marketing Manager).  He's been very responsive to any questions I've had.  angus@pixelmagic.com
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@ozzy 

No it just has a powered ac/dc wall wart plug.

Surely it has a USB output?  You should be able to connect your hard drive to the USB input on the X1.

http://www.luminmusic.com/lumin-x1.html#product-gallery-4
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@audiotroy 

Out of curiosity, and since you're also a dealer, how close does the T+A DAC 8 DSD High End D/A Converter (at 1/3 the price) get to the sonic quality of the Lumin X1's DAC ?  
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@audiotroy   Just wondering if you missed my above question to you about the T+A DAC8.  I'm truly curious of your take.  Thanks.
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@mewsickbuff and @audiotroy 

Thanks mew for helping to get some perspective from @audiotroy.  I figured they are in a unique position to really weigh in on the performance of these units head-to-head as they are dealers for both.  I sensed the T+A may be a better value and was curious about the performance "distance" between the 2 products.  

Can't disagree with this:

The T + A DAC 8 DSD at $4000 vs the Lumin X1 at $14,000? And you say the DAC 8 DSD @ 512 is somewhat close to the X1? I'm not wealthy or even well off. I'd have to say I think I'm doing more than quite alright bang for buck. Should T + A ever upgrade to 1024, it's possible the DAC 8 could run neck and neck with the X1. (Just saying).

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