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Dedicated Music Server/Player
I looked at Baetis, Aqua, Innuous, Taiko, Aurender, Antipodes.  They are all good in their own right.  What you get with Lucas is customer service.  Sometimes that is the added bonus you get with a boutique Company.  They can build it to your exac... 
Would you sell for cash?
Cash is King.  I just sold mattresses on Craigslist for $4k.  I love Cash.  But I agree, if you are concerned have the pick-up guy meet you at your local bank and they can check the money.   
Dedicated Music Server/Player
Yes, absolutely.  I had a Lumin X-1 DAC/Streamer and loved it.  Then during Covid I decided a a near death experience needed a reward so I purchased a Lampizator Pacific DAC.  I paired it with a transport.  I was slightly disappointed in the sound... 
Does Lumin x1 needs a dac ? does a good dac will improve it ?
@haimr  Call Dave in NJ from the above text.  He sold me all of my Lumin products.  He can either help you  with the proper cabling and hookup to your CD player or he does sell a very good less expensive Music Server that would benefit your system  
The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses
@papafrgog  --you bring up great points that I have questioned in the past to no avail.  It is interesting that when a new model comes out, the brand always tells you what has changed. ie better capacitors, resistors, wiring etc. It would be nice ... 
Does Lumin x1 needs a dac ? does a good dac will improve it ?
Are you currently running your CD player through the X-1?    
Does Lumin x1 needs a dac ? does a good dac will improve it ?
I have had 4 Lumin products including the X-1.  The X-1 is a damn good DAC.  In fact, I sold the X-1 and replaced it with a Lampizator Pacific which is double the money.  I can tell you there was not an incremental $16k worth of sound improvements... 
Building my 1st real system. Need advice. Hoping to pair Luxman507uxii/Dyaudio Evoke20.
Take a look at Raven Audio.  They have a very nice line of affordable and great-sounding integrated tube amps, cables and speakers within your budget.  They also have a 45-day money-back guarantee.  Call Dave Thomson at Raven.  You will be surpris... 
Matching streamer/DAC combination to SQ of my system.
Check out Lumin.  I have had the D-2, A-1, U-1 mini and X-1.  Great sound and super easy app to use.  
The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses
Ted I kind of assumed the writing was the direction of the fuse but not guaranteed.  Question, does it matter if your ground plug is on top or the bottom of the plug?  
The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses
Here is my beef with SR fuses.  QSA has a directional arrow and directions for which way they go.  SR does not.  My components are not easily accessible.  I have 5 components that they go into.  I have to try one component at a time to see what I ... 
The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses
@cd45123...Can you please elaborate why?    
Amp hum.
It sounds like a bad tube. Swap one tube at a time from L to R and vice versa.  If the hum changes to the other speaker you have found your problem.  I have had this happen to me a couple of times.  This is a process of elimination with the tubes ... 
The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses
@jwmazur Interesting post.  I now have a collection of SR fuses that are worthless.  I guess they go to my fuse grave.  I understand technology but I can not be switching fuses every 18 months.  That is one of the reasons I like QSA. So here is ... 
Suggestions for high efficiency speakers?
Before I purchased my speakers, I went on a one year cross country (east to west) speaker hunt.  I owned Wilson and Sonus Faber speakers prior.  I attended many audio shows also.  I never thought in a million years that I would end up with a horn ...