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Lumin or Aurender

I have about 4k for a new streamer. I was looking into Lumin and Aurender. I need a streamer with an Integrated DAC. 
Also looking at NAD M10. Which of these is best in terms of performance, reliability, value ? I watched a YouTube review by Michael Borzenkov, a well regarded Russian audio reviewer, who claimed he couldn't tell a difference between vinyl and A100.  Currently running Blusound node 2 into Mac c2600 dac. Thoughts?
ei001h
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hk_fan
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I chose Lumin, very happy with it.
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ei001h OP
290 posts
 
Very happy with Aurender. Clearly better than bluesound node. The app is excellent. I also recently bought NAD M10 and quite impressed with that little amp. The app BluOS isn’t as sophisticated as Aurender app. 
hansaber
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Lumin is way better than Aurender, the bass, mid and high the Lumin performing better than  Aurender. The only thing that Aurender is good which is their internal ssd and ripping of CD directly.
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kingbarbuda
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I like the LUMIN U1 Mini. Great streamer. It will do upsampling if you want. It’s a Roon endpoint. It can be modified easily to be powered by an external SBooster LPS. The SQ is great and cost is competitive with other options. It also tends to come up on the secondary market periodically so you can buy one at less than retail and sell it when you want to upgrade. Lastly, LUMIN pushes software updates to your streamer at no additional cost where at least one other popular streamer maker charges for their software updates. 
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