Lumin U1 Still Relevant??

I recommend people read the full Absolute Sound report and make their own mind up as to what is engineered into the unit, and how many of its features individual users might take advantage of.

mine better

mine is better than yours

throw yours away

yours sucks wind

mine is better

what i sell is better, as in MUCH BETTER

really

You should take a look at the Simaudio Moon streamers.  They are excellent, especially if you're running Roon.  They are more on the analytical side.  Extremely black background and tons of detail, which made for an excellent balance for my rather warm setup.  

I would suggest an extensive audition of the Simaudio streamer. It’s very possible their outboard unit is quite good, but the Mind2 built into their DACs (including the 680 and up) just wasn’t competitive with other units I’ve auditioned and particularly against what i own.  Importantly, I wanted it to be because I like their DACs quite a bit and was hoping to consolidate boxes into one higher end unit. Was not to be.  Hopefully the stand alone streamers are better.

Best,

Rs 507 that is your opinion stereophile had quite a different opinion

A Krell amplifier also helped set the fifth-floor Audio Intellect room on fire (proverbial only; no actual fires were set). Anticables connected a Belgian-made 432 EVO streamer to a DAC-equipped Krell K300i integrated which drove a pair of just-introduced, blond-wood Alta Audio Adams  Listeners got tight, prodigious bass from surprisingly small woofers, making music in tandem with the Adams’s ribbon tweeters. Saxes and trumpets were brassy, airy, and real. Other duties called; I had a hard time tearing myself away.

It may be you don’t like ribbon tweeters on some tracks the treble wasa little hot