@christianb5s4 agree completely. Between the Gold Note DS10 and the Lumin U1 mini when I used them both as pure streamers feeding into the Luxman D03X DAC, I found the Lumin U1 mini so much better than the Gold Note DS10, (Gold Note was a lot pricier and I tried several of it's filters to no avail)
Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers?
You have super cheap Pi streamers (build yourself), $399 IfI Zen, $500 Bluesound Node (no DSD), $700+ Pro-Ject Stream box, then $1k -$2k for Lumins, and others.
I'm running an old iMac as my Roon Core and running a super long, active USB cable to my Dac. I probably do not have to pay much for any improvement since my setup is not ideal.
I'm really fascinated by the Pro-Ject stream box...however...would it be a major improvement over the IFI Zen? I need DSD so the NODE is out of the question .
I could save and go with the new Lumin U2 mini, however....would it be a huge jump over the Pro-Ject?
- ...
- 74 posts total
@ghdprentice thank you!! beautiful system.. as you mentioned your penchant for ARC, I went with Luxman.. you can check under my UserID.. My dealer sells Mcintosh/Luxman/ARC/Boulder... I almost went for the ARC CD9 SE 😀 |
@rman9
Thank you. Your system looks beautiful as well. Luxman has improved from good to great over the last couple decades. Good choice.
|
- 74 posts total