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Another New Lumin User

I just bought a T2, the learning curve is a bit steep for me, every part of it is a new experience, including even the IPad. Still, I’m very impressed with the sound quality. The app is going to take awhile to learn, but seems not too bad, so far (I’m only 3 days into this). I’ve never paid for a high quality streaming service, either, so I just chose one, Tidal. Went with their $20/month plan. As far as the Lumin unit itself, I have two minor complaints. Number one, the housing on the thing is pretty nice, beautiful brushed aluminum finish, in silver. But c’mon folks, show some love, ease the edges on the damn thing, don’t just screw it together off the CNC machine and throw it out the door. All of the corners are as sharp as can be. And it’s not like the thing was $399. The other deal is the design, with the sides and top that overhang the back panel so far. Looks kinda cool, but almost can’t reach the on/off toggle switch. Part of that is due to the thing being shorter, front to back, so it doesn't extend as far towards the back of the rack as everything else does. Those two picky things aside, I’m both impressed. and happy with the purchase. No questions yet, figured I’d keep muddling my way along, but comments are welcome. Thanks.
builder3
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fuzztone
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$20/month is Qobuz PLUS Amazon territory.

Have fun muddling in the puddle.
tuberist
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Congrats. It took me about one day to get all the nuances the LUMIN app provides. If you don’t do so, the manufacture suggests leaving the unit on all the time.The Lumin website is extremely helpful for setting up your unit to the way you will use it. There is a big explanation also on how to use the app. Since I use Roon, I do not use the LUMIN  app anymore but it’s Reasonably well thought out.
builder3 OP
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Thanks, guys. I'm still reading at the Lumin website.
builder3 OP
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I thought I’d post an update. At this point, I’m subscribed to Tidal’s top service, and enjoy it. Haven’t really tried anything else. The following comments are regarding the Lumin app streaming Tidal, and the Tidal app itself. The Lumin app is a disappointment, many of the things that are available at Tidal’s site just plain don’t show up on the Lumin app. Some are searchable on the Lumin app, after you know the name, others won’t show up. This is after a lot of evenings looking at Tidal on my desktop machine, and Tidal on the Lumin app on my new (recommended by Lumin) IPad. On a scale of 1-10, I’d give the Lumin app a 4. Now, here’s the weird part - after looking at the Tidal interface, I was puzzled that I couldn’t output from it directly to the T2, there was no visible option for that, or so it seemed. Only options for the computer speakers, headphones, etc. Then magically one evening, the Lumin T2 was among the options, I connected, it was great. The next evening, no Lumin option again, weird. I restarted Tidal, the option was again available. Another night, I had to restart the T2 for the option to show itself, so I’m missing something, or it’s a bit quirky, but once connected, the Tidal interface with all it’s features is head and shoulders above the Lumin app running Tidal.
Obviously, being new to all of this, it seems likely that I’m still overlooking some major details, but this is what I’ve found so far. All software on both interfaces are up to date, and the T2 is connected as per Lumin’s instructions. It’s been fun, mostly, and sounds great.
jackd
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Lumin is constrained to the features available to them by the Tidal supplied API just like the rest of the streamer manufacturers.  I have owned streamers with different apps from four and none of them have all of the features of the desktop app and never will until Tidal makes it available to them.  You can now try Tidal Connect and see if that is more satisfactory to you but as it is relatively new they are still working through some bugs.
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