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Lumin X1 or dCS Bartok

Both of these beasts look like they could be that “forever purchase”. These are basically the newest offerings from both well respected companies and are within spitting distance of each other price wise  (without the Bartok headphone option installed). Anybody heard both and able to comment?
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david_ten
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@grannyring   You will need to run a Roon Core into the X1.
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grannyring
6,591 posts
 
Yikes! Too bad.  I thought is was a one box solution.  Thanks! 
david_ten
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It is [a one box solution] if you are not using Roon. Tidal, Qobuz, etc. can be streamed directly.

If you are already using Roon, would you not have a Roon Core already?
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grannyring
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Yes indeed. I have an Innuos, but was hoping to sell and help fund this purchase.  I love Roon.  I understand this unit sounds fantastic and I like the simplicity and direct ethernet hook up. Bummer on the need for a separate wired/dedicated computer for Roon core. 
bill_k
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If you want to avoid having an additional networked computer to run Roon Core, there are NAS setups which some find sufficient to run it while also providing your library file storage.
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