Does Lumin x1 needs a dac ? does a good dac will improve it ?

@haimr 

Call Dave in NJ from the above text.  He sold me all of my Lumin products.  He can either help you  with the proper cabling and hookup to your CD player or he does sell a very good less expensive Music Server that would benefit your system

@lordmelton Thanks man,  i will try to investigate a bit more about lumin. by the way I'm very happy with my lumin, just wanted to know if i can improve it a bit more. Thanks

@audiotroy Thanks a lot man , thanks for resetting me from wasting unnecessary money ...:)

@willgolf Thanks man,  I will call him at the right time. Thanks a lot !

@haimr,

It was not clear to me how many approximate playing hours you have on your X1.  I have more DACs than good sense.  They all present music a bit differently but I really like the X1.   In my experience, the X1 needs substantial playing time to settle in.  In my system I found at 200 hours the unit was consistently better, and even more so at 400 hour mark.  

The X1 is a streaming DAC and is not configured to accept digital inputs from a CD transport or player.  

It also was not clear to me if you are using the Lumin App to access Tidal or perhaps using in conjunction with a server and player like Roon?  If the latter, what do you use to serve Roon Core?  I do not utilize Tidal, but do use Qobuz.  I find sound presentation is somewhat more transparent with Lumin App, but I often use Roon for the broadly developed landscape options and convenience.

You indicate you have a Plinius preamp--a well regarded company. You can experiment with the X1 going directly to your amp, bypassing the Plinius, by using Leedh Processing option with the X1.  I have used my X1 with preamps and also with Leedh, which really is very good.  

Best