Lumin U1 Still Relevant??

@rsf507 

Don't waste your time with this dealer.  He will never stop trolling these forums looking for a sale.  Too bad Audiogon lets him get away with it.

I'm open to any recommendation

OK as another member recommended have a look at Simaudio Mind2

Mind2

Or the Bryston BDP-3

BDP-3

@audiotroy the ONLY persons opinion that matters is mine! 

@jeffreyw 

You’re unlikely to get a unanimous consensus cause every user system, listening preferences, room setup is different. The best way is to find a dealer that can loan you the streamer of your choice and access its performance in your system. Both Lumin and Aurender makes very high quality streamers. I have been a Aurender user for last 10 plus years and their newer generation models, N150, N200, N20 improved in terms of low frequency extension, slam and perceived details over their predecessors. 

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

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,

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.  

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

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.

432 Evo has a whole load of electronics built into it that probably less than half the owners will ever use (the 432 part).  Wonder if including them in all the units affects the price...

PS Audio has been building one for ages. Meanwhile they use Innous claiming that it is the best available.

There is that.

If you are a Roon head you are not dialed into "best" anyway.

If you think Lumin is/was benchmark go for it.

We heard the 432Evo at Axpona and to put it bluntly it SUCKED. Ok show conditions but still not a good showing.

I would go with Mini U2, why settle for outdated processing hardware and software in U1? IME, the newer generation models are not only improved but also the beneficiary of trickle down tech from reference models thus closing the performance gap. 

I'm looking at the U2 mini myself.

If you use Roon extensively, Aurrender is out of equation. You might consider the Innous as well.

u2 mini is a replacement for u1 mini not the u1. Just to differentiate between the two, the U1 and U1/U2 mini are quiet different. The U1 is substantially better hardware than the mini version and has a better power supply which is more critical in digital application. I doubt the u2 mini will beat the u1, though a direct replacement for u1 with a u2 could be imminent.

We have a better solution

432EVO Aeon which Andrew quint of the absolute sound proclaimed is the best sounding server he has tested this includes streaming devices as well

Unlike the competition the Evo is completely modular and upgradable

The server runs ron Roon and outputs usb so if you have a usb dac our server will give  you the most analog sound you will get from your dac

The modular nature means that as newer parts with better performance are released you can always be assurred  ofgetting the best possible performance. For both  now and the future as well.

Dave and Troy

audio intellect nj

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