Lumin Hifi Rose or Aurender

Lumin and T&A would be a great combo. Both well built. Both have great volume controls, one digital and one analog. Just an FYI but I liked the DAC 200 better with a good streamer than using HQPlayer upsampling everything to DSD. Not sure about the Lumin upsampling as I owned a Lumin U1 Mini before owning the DAC 200. 

That is interesting ... I looked into HQPlayer and it looked more complicated than I wanted.  The lumin seems like a good alternative since I can turn the upsampling off if I find the DSD is not great and just use it as a streamer.

I've loved my U2 mini except for the app, which I found awkward to use with Qobuz. I posted about that in a Lumin forum on another site and Peter responded within minutes that I ought to try JPlay. I did and it's great. Really wonderful when a company doesn't just insist that their solution is best and actually reaches out to help you find a solution.

Has anyone owned or had a good listen to a NAD Masters Series streamer compared to a Lumin, Rose, Aurender or similar?  Some said Ayre is worth considering.

I have an M50/M51 combo, but the M50 only streams now. I’d like to stick with BluOS and upgrade to the M50.2 for the ripping/storage/server functions. I like BluOS, and I’m happy with the NAD sound in my system, but I would be happy upgrading to an even warmer, more dynamic, even tubey sound. The rest of this system is a Belles Soloist 1 integrated and Vandersteen 2Ce (not Sigs).

@mikelindauer +++++++ Ayre