Thread: Has anyone comapred the Lumin X1 to the DCS Bartok?

It seems that are a quite a few Lumin X1 owners on this forum so, I'd thought I throw it out there.

In the US, it seems that they very similar in terms of MSRP. Sans, the headphone amp option on the Bartok.

I was curious if any X1 owners heard the Bartok before purchasing the X1.

If so, what made you go for the X1 over the Dcs?

Thanks

I'd be very curious about this as well. But there are very few of either out there so I doubt anyone has really done the comparison yet.

I'm also interested to hear how the X1 would compare with the Ayre QX5 Twenty, which is very similar in design, functionality and price.

The Bartok is certainly on my radar to hear sometime in the next year.

Do you use your Lumin X1 to stream to the MSB Primer?

Of more interest is how the MSB Premier alone
from the same NAS compared to the lumin X1.

Many would want to settle for just the Lumin X1 fir a pure streaming based system. Unfortunately, the X1 lack a digital input otherwise, any cd player or transport would allow of a simple setup to spin occasional cd's if not already ripped to a NAS.

Thanks!

Totally agree, i did listen to the X1, fantastic and fab streaming performance in a simple 1 box.

I just listened to it as a 1 box and did not connect it to a dac. Did not have that intention either. But just curious again now.

It was hard though to make the connections with the back hood overlapping which precluded me from testing a streamer without the in built dac.

The connections to and from would have posed to much of a problem from me as getting the interconnects in was a huge feat with the unit in a lower shelf and was struggling to position my hands and get the connection done.

It took way linger getting the connections done then forming my impression.

I would really have liked to see a masterclock input at this price level though.