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Lumin D2 or U1 Mini

I am abot to pull the trigger on either of those 2 units.

Currently I have a Bluesound 2i feeding a Benchmarch DAC3 HGC. Very happy with the sound. As i am having a 2nd Hifi setup (active speakers) I am looking for a second transport.

I had my eyes set on the Lumin U1 Mini. However for a few Dollars more I can get a Lumin D2, which offer a built in DAC and also has a digital output.

What is likely timsound better or is the better propositio? The U1 Mini feeding the Benchmark or the 2.

I listen to Tidal Hifi, iTunes Music, my own Flac Library which sits in a Synology NAS, and I listen a lot to TuneIn Radio.

My Speakers are Dynaudio Sapphire driven by 2 AVM Monoblocks.

Thanks for your valued input.
jorgjean
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ozzy62
3,300 posts
 
I have a Bluesound Node2 paired with a Benchmark3 and I'd be very curious how it performs paired with a better streamer like the U1 Mini.
I bet the Mini would sound better than the Node with any DAC. It has a more natural presentation than the Node, which can be a little washed out tonally to me.

Oz


tuberist
951 posts
 
U1 Mini....keep the dac you are now using.
ddude003
161 posts
 
Feature wise I would/did choose the U1 mini...  Higher rates and more connectivity...  Take that extra $300 and put it towards cleaner power, better cables or room treatments...
ddude003
161 posts
 
Also, your Benchmark DAC has a preamp with 2 x RCA stereo pairs and headphone amp where I can not find any specifics about the D2 analogue stage only the output specs of XLR balanced, 4Vrms, pin 2 Hot and 1 x RCA unbalanced, 2Vrms which is standard line level outs... Got an outboard preamp? Not sure how that would play out to your mono blocs...
jorgjean OP
76 posts
 
You are right ddude. I would use the benchmark as preamp, taking the analog signal from the D2.
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