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Think ill just go with a lumin

Starting out anew. reading all of the post into the wee evening hours, and getting more and more confused, I think I may just get a Lumin DAC/streamer combo. D2 or T2 i suppose, maybe an S1 if i can find one a little cheaper and I scrimp and save a little more.

My situation is rebuilding from scratch, so waiting for pieces to come together. Going with a Mac MA 352, and a pair of devore o96 speakers. Smallish room, just plan on streaming and putting a turntable onto the system, but nothing else. Figure i will just subscribe to tidal or Qbouz for the convenience, although anything appl conected is a plus. Will have a hard wire connection and decent wifi. I suppose i am most worried about how technology may change, and whether I should go R2R, but that rabbit hole started to make my head hurt.

If anyone has some opinions, either it wont work or seems like a solid approach, views are much appreciated.

 

skiforbagels

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skiforbagels OP
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Thanks highpeak, ill look into your setup, learn more, and probably get more confused.  

Audiotroy, is the fact that the Lumin devices have pre-amps built in, make it redundant if I have an integrated amp?  Or do most of these dac/streamer units have pre-amps built in?

 

 

skiforbagels OP
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Can’t say that I’m less confused, but at least I know a lot more about the components.  
 

I really am not married to specific audio sources.  My cds are not sacd quality so don’t care about them that much. Apple Music has been a go to, but adding a qobuz or tidal at $20/ month is not an issue.  Really a clean slate, with streaming from a good monthly service provider and phono my end goal.  
 

This conversation has made separate components more interesting, if anything at lower $$s, mistakes are less costly.  
 

thanks again all. 

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