Bricasti M5 or Lumin U1 Mini or ?


I recently made some upgrades to my desktop setup, which sadly gets more use due to a downstairs tenant's bedroom being directly below my larger "living room", which currently serves as the TV watching area. I'd love to use the larger room as my main listening room, but unfortunately that wouldn't be great for the tenant, and certainly would not pass muster with wife. The room in question is a small, oddly shaped spare bedroom/office. Spending the majority of my music listening time in there has really caused me to appreciate and enjoy the nearfield listening experience. Originally, I was hoping to build a dedicated music tiny house/mancave/shed in the yard, but have put that on hold until lumber prices come to back down to earth. So for now, I have a pair of Harbeth P3ESR XD speakers driven by a Hegel H120 Amp, connected to an RME-2 DAC FS via Balanced XLR. I listen to physical cd's on an Audiolab 6000CDT Transport , stream with Qobuz, through a Small Green Computer Roon Core, going through a EtherREGEN network switch. At the moment my streamer is a Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra. One of the reasons I bought the Hegel was on the promise of it being Roon Ready, but that hasn't happened in forever, so I have everything going through the RME as far as DAC duties are concerned. I love the Hegel and want to keep it, but I'm having my doubts on it ever being Roon ready. So I'd like to bring the streamer up to par with the rest of the system, and am looking at either the Bricasti M5 or the Lumin U1 Mini. I listen to 99% instrumental electric & acoustic jazz with some classical chamber music thrown in. As you can see, I'm not big fan of vocals. Obviously, either choice has me using the RME Dac. I'd love to get opinions/advice on which of these streamers is the better choice, or is there something else in this price range that is even better. Roon Ready is a must. Thanks for your time & energy.         
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I'd do the Bricasti made in USA and just a wonderful co to deal with. Should be able to get an M5 for around 2k. Yes I own their M1 and super happy.
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@rsf507 thanks for your response. I can't find an M5 for less than $2400, and can't find any used anywhere. Mine would be an online purchase as I don't think there are any dealers anywhere near me. I'd probably jump on it $2k. Any ideas? Thanks much.
We sellboth the lumin has many advantages

The lumin has Spotify airplay tidal and quebuzz built in 
Both are roon capable 

So the lumin is more plug and play  

The m5 really excels as a roon endpoint 

Both sound great

Dave and troy
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I am a big fan of the M5.  It is built like a tank and is just a superb roon end-point.  I have a few customers using this and it is at its very best when connected via AES or Digital Coax.  

An interesting alternative that is very good is the Chord 2Go/2Yu combo.  It has wireless features but is at its absolute best as a wired Roon Endpoint and is at its very best when connected via BNC or Digital Coax.  

They are both very good connected via USB.