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Lumin X1 or dCS Bartok

Both of these beasts look like they could be that “forever purchase”. These are basically the newest offerings from both well respected companies and are within spitting distance of each other price wise  (without the Bartok headphone option installed). Anybody heard both and able to comment?
spinaker01
4425
861 posts
 
just to be sure. the X1 is a streamer and dac like the Bartok? what’s the X1 price? 
bill_k
885 posts
 
@4425 - The Lumin X1 is a streamer and DAC which retails in the US for $13,990.
kingdeezie
92 posts
 
The X1 doesn't have any digital inputs. So, if you have any other source that needs to be converted, you are SOL. 

For that reason alone, as great as the Lumin may sound, it is missing critical features that the DCS has. 
4425
861 posts
 
wow. how can a dac have no digital input?  perhaps a dumb question but how do you play your files(burned cds etc)?
djones51
4,947 posts
 
You can connect USB flash or hard drive to the lumin or stream from a NAS.
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