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lumin D1 or melco N1A
LUMIN D1 is more refined.the LUMIN app alone is the best I have seen. 
Lumin D1, has anyone heard it?
Let me tell you about a Fantastic addition that takes the already excellrnt Lumin D-1 player,streamer and puts it ahead of the A1 .Linear tube Technologies Sells with upgraded connecting cable for $735  retail their incredible power supply. The D-... 
Crazy to buy a 17 year old CD Player?
What is your budget ?  Mike at Audio Archon turned me on to the Lumin steaming player .you can stream or has plugged directly in The  Lumin D-1 is exceptionally well balanced, if you buy the outboardLINEAR tube Audio PS it takes it to a Very high ... 
Incredible deal on incredible amp
I have found as s buyer,as well as seller .from June -  Sept a Buyers paradise With great deals- it is slow, vacations and kids.Oct- May much more balanced and consistent, until Dec then a brief LullFor Xmas.after New years game on again .from my ... 
Best divorce album?
Elvis Costello,Bert Bacharach   Painted from memory,A very deep to the core of ones Soul or what was left after for Some the most devastating thing in their life time. Something Hard core Rock&Roll  Nazareth Classic -Hair of the Dog.Love hurts... 
Need a preamp with tone controls!
Depending depending on your Budget .The Ampzilla,and Son of Ampzilla Spread Spectrum Technologies .the Ambrosia, is one of the preamps .the late great designer Jim Borgiano ,believed all preamps should be able to adjusted to compensate for recordi... 
PREAMP technology shift? - Class A/ balanced/ dual-mono/ zero feedback vs. op-amp preamps
There are many different types . I have had many in my day .Currently I have which is considered the purest preamp type, Single ended . Which has several unique features . It is a Direct Heated Triode type completely Lundahl Transformer coupled 5 ... 
Linear Tube Audio- Any feedback on their amps/ Preamp?
Their preamp my brother bought and has several units 3x as much thst are not as good. And their Lps+:external power supply is incredible. It takes the Very good D-1  Lumin digital  12-13v external power supply and makes it exceed their T-1  3x the... 
Correct way to attach speaker wires... Wait, what!!!
One thing out there is called Stabilant, buy is straight ,the Stabilant 22 is fine also That just gas a 4-1 ratio with very pure 99% isopropyl alcohol. It is the most Modern protestant out there .NASA,uses it as well as Many top government agencie... 
Which would you pick between the two DAC.
May viewpoints on the Lumin D-1 streaming dac had no intention of bring brash Or hold. I have heard at least 80% of the top 10 sellers and I was just voicing My view point with my opinion if others choose to not take my opinion serious They may be... 
Which would you pick between the two DAC.
Neither ,by far the most natural sounding, the Lumin D-1 Dac streamer It does it all , and if you buy the great add on power supply from Linear Tube Audio. It us a Force ,Lapizator7 territory for under $2500Try the stock D-1 first and the App the ... 
Cambridge Audio Azur 851N
You can get Tidal through Apple  air play. The  dual Analog devises 1955 dacs are very music ,with the Swiss Anagram Technologies receiver  top shelf and everything upsampled 24-368 truly puts noise way out of the audio band.100s of digital audio ... 
Best fuses for under $50?
I bought the excellent Hifi  tuning Supreme at DAH Audio, - Black fuses for just over $50 each Very good  just give them 75-100 hours. 
Tube Preamp Recommendations please to partner with Parasound JC-1's....
I have had jsny brand name preamps but nine better the the 4P1LBased tube preamplifier single ended,DHT completely Lundahl transformer based and chokes . If it is on the recording  you will hear it. This us my 2nd one  for under $5k  you grt a hsn... 
What's needed to Steam Tidal
Using s MacBook is old technology way to noisy vs a good digital player Which units such as Aurender have internal hand drives at least 2 T or more A large 120Gig AS buffer to hold your music in Q no miving parts and siper quiet.