@dminches no worries there I have a Roon core on my Synology NAS.
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Excellent. I have 2 of these units and really like both. One has a built-in DAC for a smaller system. I compared it to using a tubed Van Alstine DAC which cost $2500 when new and preferred the LUMIN DAC. In another system I have an external DAC which I prefer.
Just a side note. I found that the performance of both units improved significantly when I added a separate power supply.
What external supply works with the Lumin. And I agree clean power is critical. It's funny but if I run a tornado to the external power supply for the Lumin it's likely 25% of the cost of the Lumin and a dragon would be even more
I will likely use a tornado feeding the ifi iPower Elite, but seeing I have several 12v devices maybe there are PSU that support more than one output?
The problem I see with all those digital transports with variable digital output (Lumin, Grimm) is tha you will be throwing the resolution away.
Personally, if you need Spotify for your wife / party mode, I would just add a simple BT receiver with digital output and feed that into the MSB DAC on a separate digital input.
If you want sth with audiophile credentials, you can add sth like the McIntosh MB20:
Personally, if you need Spotify for your wife / party mode, I would just add a simple BT receiver with digital output and feed that into the MSB DAC on a separate digital input.
If you want sth with audiophile credentials, you can add sth like the McIntosh MB20:
Peter Bomberg said:
No, sir. It is an ANK 5.1 Pro. USB or BNC hookup. The streaming is done via the Lumin UX1.
Tom
@Elberoth that is exactly how I have it set up, however I realized/learnt that I have a volume mismatch issue, the DAC I have MSB Cascade has a master volume not a volume per input so Roon via the network renderer works fantastic, I can set the default volume at 50 and using Roon I can adjust up or down from the DAC's setpoint, my wife using spotify can only reduce which isn't an issue if I was listening to the system at 60 or above, but if i was listening at 55 or less she can't hear it well in the dining room or kitchen and needs to walk over to find the remote (I might see about a second remote in the kitchen). This is a very small problem that apparently I am contemplating spending 20K to solve but that is a completely irrelevant pointThe problem I see with all those digital transports with variable digital output (Lumin, Grimm) is tha you will be throwing the resolution away.
Personally, if you need Spotify for your wife / party mode, I would just add a simple BT receiver with digital output and feed that into the MSB DAC on a separate digital input.
If you want sth with audiophile credentials, you can add sth like the McIntosh MB20:
The Lumin U1 had a separate power supply, as does the Lumin U1X. Unless something has changed the U1X was discontinued a few months ago. The Lumin U2 has an internal isolated power supply. I have always run both of my Lumin's through my power conditioner and have always been happy.
smart move, in our case kitchen and living room. We shall see if this solves the issue, will update in Jan/Feb
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