My New Lumin

[joeinid]

Mike,

I just figured out this afternoon how to play DSD. Setting up the NAS properly can really be a pain for the less than geeky audiophile. It's not plug and play but boy is it worth it. My Lumin sounds amazing. I am really happy with it.

[madfloyd]

For how long? :-)


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[joeinid]

For how long? :-)


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Forever or until the next version comes out. I'm done with dacs and computers in my room. Streamers like the Lumin are superb. I don't know why but the sound is better.

[Ritmo]

Excellent Joe!

[dariusb]

Joe,

Did you compare Lumin vs Marantz NA11S??

Darius

[dariusb]

Joe,

How is your "old" Marantz NA11S vs Lumin in terms of SQ.

Darius

[MDP]

Mike, I'll let Jock address that,he's been doing a lot of A/B testing with his Linn.

[joeinid]

Hello Darius! Welcome to the forum. Thank you for joining.

I have not used the Marantz since I hooked up my EAR Acute III. Now since getting the Lumin, I have nothing else hooked up, only the Lumin. So far the Lumin is better to my taste. The Marantz is a great player and wanted for nothing else when it was playing. I'll have to put it back in the system and take a listen.

Joe,

Did you compare Lumin vs Marantz NA11S??

Darius

Joe,

How is your "old" Marantz NA11S vs Lumin in terms of SQ.

Darius

[joeinid]

I think I've figured it out .....

My Lumin network music player has "more meat on the bone". It has a richness and fullness (in a good way) that no other cd player or dac has given me. It gives the music depth and spaciousness with just the right amount of smoothness. Holy cr@p! It really is amazing. Everything sounds more real.

[mdkim]

Thanks for that Joe. It helps.

[joeinid]

Thanks for that Joe. It helps.

Michael,

I think it will be perfect for the Pass/Magico combo. I can't wait to hear the S3's.

[madfloyd]

Are you getting the S3s, Joe?


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[psme]

I think I've figured it out .....

My Lumin network music player has "more meat on the bone". It has a richness and fullness (in a good way) that no other cd player or dac has given me. It gives the music depth and spaciousness with just the right amount of smoothness. Holy cr@p! It really is amazing. Everything sounds more real.

I figured out all those CD players and DACs I heard all these years were lacking the "meat" of the sound. There is plenty of "notes" but not much "music"! Hence we make the LUMIN!

Your comment is exactly what I feel, hence the shameless plug!

[Mike]

Hi Li - good to see you!

[joeinid]

Are you getting the S3s, Joe?

I think that's where I'm headed. Can't wait.

[joeinid]

I figured out all those CD players and DACs I heard all these years were lacking the "meat" of the sound. There is plenty of "notes" but not much "music"! Hence we make the LUMIN!

Your comment is exactly what I feel, hence the shameless plug!

Hi Li,

You guys at Lumin are geniuses. I love you guys. My Lumin is THE single best purchase of ALL TIME! I am soooooo happy. Thank you.

[socfan12]

I figured out all those CD players and DACs I heard all these years were lacking the "meat" of the sound. There is plenty of "notes" but not much "music"! Hence we make the LUMIN!

Your comment is exactly what I feel, hence the shameless plug!

Welcome to AS, Li! There's alot of Lumin love in the Shark Tank! I hope to get one soon as well. Thank you for making such a great product!

[madfloyd]

Joe, have you ever auditioned any high end DACs besides the DAC2X? Like the Playback Designs or the MSB?


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[joeinid]

Joe, have you ever auditioned any high end DACs besides the DAC2X? Like the Playback Designs or the MSB?

Hi Ian,

No, I haven't. The DAC2X combo was as high as I went at home. I have heard a dCS at a Magico demo and was impressed but I was more focused on the speakers, not the source. I'd love to hear the Trinity but it's too rich for my blood. I've talked to dCS and MSB owners but I don't get the feeling it's what I am looking for in digital playback. I'm done with the Lumin.

[the professor]

Welcome Li!

Great product.

[the professor]

Ok

Many people have asked about the linn Klinax DS vs the Lunin A1.

After 2 1/2 weeks of break in on the lumin I can absolutely say I prefer the lumin over the Linn.

I've had the Naim NDS and Linn klimax and the Lumin takes the best of both and somehow puts it into one product.

I'm selling both the linn and naim and I bought a second lumin.

[joeinid]

Jock,

I know how you feel. My Lumin is absolutely wonderful. As I type this I am listening to Beck Sea Change in DSD. Wow!

[the professor]

and I'm sorry to say

I haven't listened to any DSD. Only rebook and some hires that I've downloaded.

[joeinid]

Everything sounds better. I just got Mark's DSD working tonight and he played Blood, Sweat & Tears. He was blown away.

[Geoffrey]

n/a

[madfloyd]

I am having hands down the single most frustrating experience I've ever had with anything audio related with my Lumin purchase. The seller offered to come out from California to Arizona to setup my Lumin. I emailed seller this seemed necessary but seller was sure he could get things going. Well he came and went and all I got was insinuation I ruined his NAS, that the trip cost him lots of money and I didn't thank him for coming. I am floored. My Lumin is not working. Seller emailed and said try with USB drive music. I tried and still nothing. Does anyone know anyone that really understands this NAS/Networking business that can help me? My Lumin when powered on show Chinese characters on display and I've never got beyond that. I'm thinking one of my next steps is contacting Pixel magic with a very long letter explaining in detail my experiences with trying to resolve this situation.

How could you have ruined his NAS? He brought it with him to your house?

To Lumin owners: is it normal for the product to boot up in Chinese?

[joeinid]

Is there a reset on the Lumin? What nas are you using?

[Mike]

How could you have ruined his NAS? He brought it with him to your house?

To Lumin owners: is it normal for the product to boot up in Chinese?

Ian - no. This is bizarre. We have had almost 10 in the group buy and everyone is up and running and everyone is...



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[MtnHam]

My Lumin seems to have taken a dump! Just came back from dinner out, and it won't play. Instead it moves rapidly through the play list, one selection after another, non stop. Tried shutting down, then restart- multiple times. Comes back up seeming normal until I push 'play'- then it starts rapidly moving through the playlist, but no sound. Shut down and restarted the NAS. Tried the 'reset' button. Nothing seems to work. Suggestions? Who to call or email? Seeing as how I am now addicted, major bummer!

[Mike]

My Lumin seems to have taken a dump! Just came back from dinner out, and it won't play. Instead it moves rapidly through the play list, one selection after another, non stop. Tried shutting down, then restart- multiple times. Comes back up seeming normal until I push 'play'- then it starts rapidly moving through the playlist, but no sound. Shut down and restarted the NAS. Tried the 'reset' button. Nothing seems to work. Suggestions? Who to call or email?

Sorry to hear this. Send a message to Li On at Lumin (Pixel Magic). lion@pixelmagicsystems.com

Did you close the app and power down your iPad?

[MtnHam]

Sorry to hear this. Send a message to Li On at Lumin (Pixel Magic). lion@pixelmagicsystems.com

Did you close the app and power down your iPad?

Yes, same result. Will send email to Li.
Thanks

[the professor]

This might be it?????????

Sometimes if your network server changes the assigned IP address to your NAS the Streamer can't find your songs because it's looking where they were before.

In the Lunin app - in the settings tab - under options of the "music library - try "reload music library" It will then ask reload library - say yes

This will re - categorize the locations of your music

Any playlists will not work as they are still going to the old locations. So rebuild a playlist and it should work.

If this works there are ways to fix the IP address of the NAS and the Lumin so this won't happen again. This is very network specific.

Let me know. Good luck

[CharlesL]

I think Jock is right. I have similar observation previously and I now configure my Synology NAS to acquire the same IP address on starting up.

[mdkim]

Hope this gets sorted out. Good to know to set a static for the Lumin.

[the professor]

I actually have not set up a static IP address for the Lumin yet. I haven't had any problems, but it's been fairly short period of time.

I did have to set up a static for my Naim because their app would loose the Naim and I would have to turn everything off and then back on again. On the Linn, it would always find the Linn but would any loose saved playlists so I set one up on it.

Time will tell with the Lumin.

[Mike]

I have two Lumin's, no static IP, no problems.

[MDP]

When your streamer acts like that,its not communicating with the NAS. I've had that happen on occasion with my Linn. Usually rebooting everything takes care of it.

This is always a network problem, not a streamer problem.

[MtnHam]

When your streamer acts like that,its not communicating with the NAS. I've had that happen on occasion with my Linn. Usually rebooting everything takes care of it.

This is always a network problem, not a streamer problem.

It's back!

It indeed was a network problem, caused by a momentary power glitch. The IP address has been changed to a static one, so hopefully this will not occur again. I'm back to Audio Nirvana!

Thanks to all.

[Mike]

Tom - GREAT to know it wasn't the Lumin!

Jock isn't called "The Professor" for nothing...

[the professor]

Sometimes I get lucky.

I'm just glad it worked!

[highEndguy]

so modest

[MDP]

It's back!

It indeed was a network problem, caused by a momentary power glitch. The IP address has been changed to a static one, so hopefully this will not occur again. I'm back to Audio Nirvana!

Thanks to all.

Good deal Tom !

Streamers that I've had usually don't have problems, it always seems network related.

One time with the Linn I could not get the damn thing to work, I tried everything, it ended up being the router

I took some advice from a couple of friends and bought an Apple router, I have not had a problem since.

[Mike]

Apple products solve all problems! Where's Rob? .

[MDP]

apple products solve all problems! Where's rob? .

lmao !!

[socfan12]

Good deal Tom !

Streamers that I've had usually don't have problems, it always seems network related.

One time with the Linn I could not get the damn thing to work, I tried everything, it ended up being the router

I took some advice from a couple of friends and bought an Apple router, I have not had a problem since.

Looks like Jock had the answer. Yes, it's the router that assigns each device an IP address, and different routers will assign addresses in different ways. Some will remember which address a device had and assign the same address back to that device even after startup/reboot. Sounds like the Apple may be doing that.

[mdkim]

So I had to see what all the fuss was about .

Very heavy for its sleek size due to it being milled from a solid piece of aluminum. Anyways, getting my NAS set up at the moment. Will post initial and follow up impressions shortly.

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[NorthStar]

I've read somewhere that there is a new Lumin comin'?
...With four ESS Sabre32 Reference DACs, or sixteen DACs per channel (2 x 8-channel DAC chips per each L & R channel)!

[Mike]

I've read somewhere that there is a new Lumin comin'?
...With four ESS Sabre32 Reference DACs, or sixteen DACs per channel (2 x 8-channel DAC chips per each L & R channel)!

Yup! I reported on this at CES (guess no one read that!). The S1 is the new one. I spoke to Li and he felt the A1 still sounds best, but for those who must have double DSD (for all 12 titles ) - then they will have that option.

[Ritmo]

Yup! I reported on this at CES (guess no one read that!). The S1 is the new one. I spoke to Li and he felt the A1 still sounds best, but for those who must have double DSD (for all 12 titles ) - then they will have that option.

Mike - Can you recall if it will have dig inputs?

Thx!

[NorthStar]

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