Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying

The Wolfson dac chips are not that old and can do DSD they just cant do the highest sampling rates hence the ESS chips in the T2 and X1. 

The fact that the D2 still sounds fantastic is proof positive that the Lumin engineers really do know their stuff.

The problem we all have as audiophiles is that we all want to believe that the latest and greatest chip and or part set is the magic answer.

We are testing out Bricasti's new M3 which dare uses OP amps and our first inclination after seeing that was uck, however, the dac sounds extremely good,

We are going to be testing Zesto's products after talking to George Couneous the owner of Zesto and their lead engineer he is relating that a good potentiometer  can sound just as good a switched resistor volume control, and that a good Polypropolene cap can sound as good as more expensive Teflon after both are broken in. 

Hey what does George know trained electrical engineer, worked with the British Military and British broad casting and then studio engineering. 

The point is that there are many outstanding audio products that are all designed differently parts and design do matter but a well voiced circuit using good parts will outperform a poor circuit implemented with the world's most expensive parts.

What we do is to seek out products that interest us, we get them in and then do comparative testing to see if the new product offers things that our existing product offerings don't.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ

“Are we saying that the Lumin products are better than anything else no we are not saying that.”

“What we do is to seek out products that interest us”

audiotroy,

Thanks for the clarification. I understand Lumin offers high quality streamers but so does Aurender, Innuos, Antipodes and Auralic (in no particular order). All of the above manufacturers have exemplified themselves as leaders in this segment of audio.

Fortunately, there are plenty of choices at various price points to fit our individual needs. We don’t have to solely rely on fanboys from NJ shilling products based on what they think best serves their interest 😎

Lalik you obviously don’t know what you are talking about in this discussion we are talking about the Lumin as a streaming dac and in that capacity they are among the best in the industry.

Lumin’s pure streamers, the U1 and U1 mini, are considered excellent but many people feel that the more expensive Antipodes, Innous, or Aurender units are even better as pure streamers, and these units also represent either Roon Cores or independent music repositories so again a bit of a different product than what you are talking about.

As per being a Lumin fan boy yes we are, because their products are excellent, as per serving ourselves we are just one company that works with Lumin they have dealers and distributors all over the country.

You also miss the point that yes we do benefit from selling this brand as well as the any of the other 60 or so brands we display and support, we know of very few products that our clients are so happy to purchase put into their systems and enjoy.

How many companies offer what Lumin does, a great range of products at 4 different price points, over the air upgrades, Airplay, Tidal, Obouz, Spotify, internet radio, Roon and MQA, yes we know you will say Aurender and their products are quite good, however, their all in one units with the built in dacs, don’t seem to be as well reviewed and received as the Lumin products, add to that than many people love Roon as well as Roon’s ability to offer whole house control of Sonos, Heos, NAD Blue Sound, Naim, Chromecast and Airplay devices and now you can get a system that will play with a Roon based server into the Lumin as an Roon endpoint for your music room, as well as throughtout the house via these other streaming devices. 

Having an entire house with rooms of music throughtout the home is really cool, we can do this with a Lumin and a Roon server. 

For this reason we end up selling a package of the Innous Zen or Zenith with the Lumin T2.

Good luck Lalik

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Lumin dealers

audiotroy,

I do understand where you coming from and why you’re so eager to declare X1 as one of the best in the industry. Someday, I will put X1 to the ‘test’ once I complete my stack of Merging+Player+Power+Clock.

Until then, good luck with Lumin sales.

Lalik thank you for understanding our enthusisiam for Lumin they really do make some excellent gear. Perfect no, for everyone no but overall a great product line.

We sell products that we endorse because we feel that these are very special products, that fit into our philosophy it is very unlikely you will find us talking about products that we would just sell because we can.

You will also find in most of our discussions the reason why we recommend a particular product and why that product represents something which may be better or is unique in someway.

We do a lot of market research and that includes getting in new products all the time. and doing comparisons with our current products.

We are not the ones saying the X1 is one of the best in the industry, the industry is. we are agreeing with the rest of reviewers:


Rave review Absolute Sound https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/lumin-x1-streamerdacpreamp/

Rave review Computer Audiophile
https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/lumin-x1-review-r860/

Rave review on the Lumin T2

https://www.soundstagesimplifi.com/index.php/equipment-reviews/103-lumin-t2-network-music-player

Just for your edification we are currently testing Bricasti’s new M3 which is excellent by the way, Zesto tube electronics are comming in, Hegel is back on our floor, Chord is on a possible evaluation vs our other dacs and streamers

We are bringing in the Onkk turntable from the UK looking at a German Phono stage, a line of new phono cartridges and a set of really innovative loudspeakers from the Netherlands.

Look for our new website and
our new import entity in 2020
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