I love the “Dark” theme on the Lumin app. It’s cool that in the last couple of months they added Dark mode then Black Mode and White Mode. The multi-room support they just added sounds like a cool feature if you have multiple Lumin or Linn devices.
Moving up from a Node 2i
I want to keep it between 1K and 1500.00, closer to a grand if at all possible. I don't care about onboard DACs, since I have a keen liking for mine. What is out there for a streamer, new or used, that will sound better than the Node when outputting to an external DAC? I like the functionality of the Node, don't want something with a sketchy user interface. But honestly, I think my old Allo Digione (Raspberry Pi) might have sounded a little more organic and fleshed out than the Node.
What say ye, Audiogon?
Oz
What say ye, Audiogon?
Oz
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Well it just arrived late yesterday. I found out that Lumin strongly recommends running minim server on the NAS, so I downloaded that and found my library while waiting on the delivery. Setup was painless, even easier than the Node. I have it running in on repeat for a few days, but out of the box the sound was very good. I don't want to say too much too soon, but it sounds more dimensional than the Node, or another way to say it is perhaps "less flat". Still undecided on the Lumin control app. It's not bad, but not sure if it's as good as Bluos. After fiddling with it a little last night I was starting to get used to it, so time will tell. Oz |
I was going to stay with my Node 2i but the Lumin stayed an itch to scratch. I went with the D2 as I wanted the intergrated dac, I think the Lunmin Is more neutral and musical especially at higher volumes. Application wise it seems very old school and in need of a redesign, I’ve decided not to use it and use Roon as the front end. |
One of the things I like about the Lumin app over BluOS is adding multiple songs that are not in order on an album or playlist to the Play Queue in one go. In the Lumin app’s settings, I have “Tap on Song List” = “Double Tap” and “Play Now”. This allows a multi-selection playlist-building process that makes it really easy to quickly build a play queue. With this setup, I can bring up an album or playlist in Qobuz, single tap on all the songs I want (tap again to unselect something) and the “Add to Playlist” bottom menu appears with icons for Play Now, Play Next, Play Later, and Play and Replace. The support page for the app was usefull at figuring out what some of the icons meant in the UI: http://www.luminmusic.com/support-app.html I also like the popup you get when pressing and holding anything (album, song, artist). Tap the thumbnail of the image in that popup and you get the high-resolution artwork full screen. |
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