Lumin Ap on Lumin players - not so good?

It's clear to me that one of these interfaces are designed they don't take into account the user.

The companies hire an outside firm to design the interface and that is presented and a big conference room setting it looks really great.  But then as people start to use it it's not all that great but they have to live with it.

It's a shame users don't get more involved with a usability of these interfaces. Who the heck designed lumin Interface?? I mean just tweak it a little bit to make it so much better.  One guy sitting in the back office somewhere is creating an interface and everybody have to live with whatever this guy did.  And this guy probably doesn't really use the app.  And what does he care

I am a streaming novice about to take delivery of a new(to me) Lumin T2. Previously I streamed Tidal through a DAC using my MacBook and a USB cable, so I am looking forward to the sonic improvements that taking the MacBook out of the chain will provide my set up. I will not be using Roon and Tidal is my preferred app for music. I will run the T2 with an iPad with the Lumin app, but if there is a way that I can use the Tidal interface as opposed to the Lumin, please someone walk me through how to do it. And please be as descriptive as possible...like you are speaking to the family dog.

Thank you in advance!

Brian

Use Tidal connect.

I think your Lumin will advertise itself as a Tidal connect endpoint automatically.

I’m not sure if you need to configure the Tidal connection in the lumin app or not (for your account information). It’s probably a safe bet to do this, do it first, and listen to some Tidal using the Lumin app first (it’s really not that hard to use).

Once you’re up and running, launch the Tidal app on your surface of choice (I’ve used my iPhone, my iPad, and my Mac. I’ve never tried android or windows).

Pick your playlist and hit play. Things will start play on your local device like it always has.

In the Tidal app, on my iPhone and my iPad there is a little icon in the lower left corner. Looks like a little speaker with a couple waves coming out to the right. On my mac its on lower right corner.

Click/Tap on that, and a menu will pop up, with a list of available endpoints to send your music. One of those items should be your new Lumin device. Click/Tap on that. The tidal app playlist will go to the device, and the music will directly stream to the Lumin (the app is at that point merely a remote control, you can turn it off if you wish).

FWIW, your Lumin also supports Spotify connect, and it works the same way with their app (although I think you need to explicitly turn it on in the Lumin app configuration).

Also, make sure your firmware in your Lumin is up to date. Tidal connect support was added last summer I think via firmware update (free). If you have trouble the Lumin guys give great support on the audioshark forum (Manufacturer Forums-> Lumin)

Extremely grateful for this tutorial, nosualc...I will give it a try once received tomorrow. Very excited to take my streaming to a higher level.

Cheers and happy listening!

Brian