![]() ![]() It does not appear to me that Lumin falls into this category. There were and probably still are brands that give the consumer a better value for their dollar. I found the experience distasteful and I still occasionally get into arguments with people about particular brands especially if they bought them once upon a time, somewhere. This affected my respect for some brands that were clearly just intended to cause money flow. Of course ones sales commission sometimes was affected by these tables. The same companies, sent the dealer and their sales reps, three ring binders with tables to show how much margin they would make selling at various price points. On the one hand, the companies tried to tell the consumer how great their gear was. I used to like to read sales and marketing materials when I worked in the retail end of the industry. Is your hard earned dollar going to pay for actual hardware and production cost or is it going for slick advertising, high dealer margins and also greedy margins for the manufacturer. The question for the potential buyer is how much bang are you getting for your buck. If someone takes the trouble to engineer, build and sell an excellent product, they deserve to profit from it. I am not a socialist when it comes to audio equipment pricing. Let’s find out if the X1 is the right ship to steam (or stream) into your port. These are examples of products that have measured well here and don't seem (to me ) to be unreasonably priced. Priced at 13,990, the X1 is Lumin’s fully featured flagship that serves as a streamer, digital audio converter, and digital preamplifier with its own dedicated smartphone app (and Roon compatibility). The question to ask might be how does it compare in price to gear that does the same thing. They are primarily part of the "audio jewelry" axis of categorization. CNC makes one off and low volume case buying and selling a reasonable proposition.īut cases don't contribute much to the performance. More expensive than anything that needs to go into the case. Two DACs using the same chip with different board designs could vary wildly in this.Very fancy cases can be custom manufactured in Italy, China and Germany to name some that I have noticed.Įxtremely large, elaborate, high end "looking", massive cases can be had for less than $1000. That lack of glare would be a great measure of a DAC's quality. In 2012, Lumin released the world’s first DSD-compatible music streamer and it was a huge success. ![]() It was founded only 8 years ago but it’s already one of the fastest-growing high-end audio companies and it has already gained such an impressive reputation. The same was true for the OPPOs' presentation through the same Marantzs compare to the D2 Lumin is a Hong Kong-based audio manufacturer. Please consider D2 analogue out through either of the Marantz pre/procs was devoid of glare compared to the Marantzs themselves. I reached the conclusion with a direct comparison to the DACs listed. The D2 took my system to a new level altogether. direct dnla and as ROON endpoints though the Marantz processors. LUMIN T3 combines our new-for-2022 processing system, solid CNC-panel construction and X1 technology to deliver maximum price/performance. Providing increased capacity and resampling flexibility. See my previous post referring to the av processor, Marantz AV 8802A and AV 7705 with dnla streaming from Serviio music server, or UDP players OPPO UDP 203 and OPPO UDP 205 analogue out or HDMI for both. THE PERFORMANCE SWEET SPOT: The first LUMIN with a DAC to feature our all-new processing system. Again these are perceptions rather than hard measurements. A case in point would be the perception of the shimmer of sounds coming from the hall boundaries where the music was recorded. An amazing ability to deliver the very subtle the micro dynamics buried in the hi resolution files in my library. My best example would be a complete lack of glare or harshness in the presentation. ![]()
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