Wolf alpha 3sx streamer vs lumin u1

Congratulations on your purchase you are going to love the performance of your unit and the service you will get from Wolf Audio. I started out with an Alpha II and when the Alpha III came out I had Joseph Parvey upgrade my Alpha II . I am now using the Red Wolf II and I can state that for each upgrade there was a noticeable improvement.
Before going with Wolf I had a custom high performance laptop dedicated to music. The laptop sounded very nice but once the Alpha II got broken in there was no comparison. I  find it amusing how many reviewers who are still using laptops for music playback when every other piece in their system was made for music playback.
With the Wolf units you can stream, rip your cd’s and kick back with an IPad or tablet and with a couple of taps on the screen you can play what you want. My audiophile buddies love it when I pass my IPad to them so they can be the DJ. It isn’t always easy getting it back from them.

The Wolf is about 60% more than the U1 so I'd expect it to be better.

@three-easy-payment .
yes the innuos was more expensive too but the wolf was a better upgrade to the lumin than the innuos statement.

@newtoncr  

How was the Lumin compared to the Innuous?

@three_easy_payments Lumin and innuos were pretty close , innous was more brighter but lumin sounded more solid on the bass range .
wolf is better in every aspect of music incl soundstage . 

Thanks @newtoncr

Hey Newton, thanks for writing about your experience and thank you for being a Wolf customer. The Alpha 3 SX is a special server. We put a lot of work into creating the best single chassis system we’ve ever made, and I am really proud that it holds its own driving a system as great as yours. I think it’s noteworthy that your system (and the first DAC) sounded even better once we added the Wolf, but digital in your system really came alive with the new DAC. That the Wolf performs so well and really shines with a system and DAC that is indisputably world class is really telling. Enjoy listening!

- Joe, Wolf Audio Systems