Lumin Ap on Lumin players - not so good?

I am a streaming novice about to take delivery of a new(to me) Lumin T2. Previously I streamed Tidal through a DAC using my MacBook and a USB cable, so I am looking forward to the sonic improvements that taking the MacBook out of the chain will provide my set up. I will not be using Roon and Tidal is my preferred app for music. I will run the T2 with an iPad with the Lumin app, but if there is a way that I can use the Tidal interface as opposed to the Lumin, please someone walk me through how to do it. And please be as descriptive as possible...like you are speaking to the family dog.

Thank you in advance!

Brian

Use Tidal connect.

I think your Lumin will advertise itself as a Tidal connect endpoint automatically.

I’m not sure if you need to configure the Tidal connection in the lumin app or not (for your account information). It’s probably a safe bet to do this, do it first, and listen to some Tidal using the Lumin app first (it’s really not that hard to use).

Once you’re up and running, launch the Tidal app on your surface of choice (I’ve used my iPhone, my iPad, and my Mac. I’ve never tried android or windows).

Pick your playlist and hit play. Things will start play on your local device like it always has.

In the Tidal app, on my iPhone and my iPad there is a little icon in the lower left corner. Looks like a little speaker with a couple waves coming out to the right. On my mac its on lower right corner.

Click/Tap on that, and a menu will pop up, with a list of available endpoints to send your music. One of those items should be your new Lumin device. Click/Tap on that. The tidal app playlist will go to the device, and the music will directly stream to the Lumin (the app is at that point merely a remote control, you can turn it off if you wish).

FWIW, your Lumin also supports Spotify connect, and it works the same way with their app (although I think you need to explicitly turn it on in the Lumin app configuration).

Also, make sure your firmware in your Lumin is up to date. Tidal connect support was added last summer I think via firmware update (free). If you have trouble the Lumin guys give great support on the audioshark forum (Manufacturer Forums-> Lumin)

Extremely grateful for this tutorial, nosualc...I will give it a try once received tomorrow. Very excited to take my streaming to a higher level.

Cheers and happy listening!

Brian

Oh my God just get roon. 
 

Functionality is far superior.  Spotify was kind of nice to but they don't have quality recordings to listen to.  Which is really sad because they have really super playlists.

I have been using roon for quite a while and I don't have to be jerked round by some incredibly convoluted interface.

There are challenges with the roon Interface.  But the basics easily flow and anyone can pick it up and get right into it.

Profoundly sad users aren't taken into consideration when they designed the interfaces

Sweet Moses...jumia, you are correct! After less then two hours with my T2, the app interface is awful. You would think that Lumin would take better notice of what its end users are saying about their product. I have to believe that a fair amount of their target customers visit audiophile community forums in doing their due diligence, and if enough of them are swayed by negative comments, marketshare will fail to meet company expectations. Wake up Lumin! Great sound...once you deal with the frustrations of the interface! Roon is looking more and more attractive.