I purchased the X1 PSU some time ago to use with my S1. It definitely made an improvement to the sound. It may be worthwhile for Lumin to sell the X1 without a PSU, so that people, like myself, could upgrade the main unit without currently having to buy a complete system and be left with two X1 PSU's.
X1 Power Supply Upgrade
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I know i know! Just like the lumin site said…not ready yet! (Hopefully can work something out with a dealer)
So yah, crazy me…I added the X1 PSU to the U1 and the inter webs doesnt lie… noise floor dropped, stage seemingly sounds tad wider than before. It takes an edge off the current stock U1 which really was already soooooo good. Caveat emptor - you dont know you have an ‘edge’ on your system till you do these A/B tests. I was quite happy when the U1 finally setting in after 1 month 24x7 playing music.
One thing I noticed, sounds like the snares are a little further behind the singers now. They were before, maybe the effect of it being ‘quieter’ with less of an edge makes it sound further now. But the voices no longer seem to be as forward as they were before…. But still that nice, rich-treble occupying the stage, Lumin sound.
I also went ahead and jumped in heads first on an X1 :yahoo1: crazy me :what: Divorce papers next….
One thing I noticed, sounds like the snares are a little further behind the singers now. They were before, maybe the effect of it being ‘quieter’ with less of an edge makes it sound further now. But the voices no longer seem to be as forward as they were before…. But still that nice, rich-treble occupying the stage, Lumin sound.
I also went ahead and jumped in heads first on an X1 :yahoo1: crazy me :what: Divorce papers next….
Thanks! Yah I went from a U1 Mini > U1 stock > U1 w/ X1 PSU then soon to be X1. :facepalm:
TheGiant
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Hello, I recently purchased the Lumin U1 and interested in always improving my SQ if it makes sense. I see that you upgraded to the X1 PSU and was wondering if the added cost was worth it.
Andre
Hi there. The added X1 PSU to the (big) U1 provided more ‘stability’ to the stage. What I mean by that, all the instruments and space of the stage seem to have gained some height and depth.
As stated, the differences were immediately noticed. From memory it seemed that the U1 loss some immediacy/forwardness which I actually loved from a stock U1. Also, the edge-yness of the instruments were removed IME. You won’t know this till you do a complete A/B.
Whether you’ll like it that’s going to be up to you to try it.
For what its worth, I think the U1 stock is amazing at what it does, I liked it better than the stock U1 mini which is really good too.
BlueFox
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I upgraded my Lumin S1 with an X1 power supply, and the sonic improvement was obvious. Later I upgraded the S1 with a X1, and that was another sonic improvement.
TheGiant
New member
Just throwing it out there. For those who upgraded to the X1 PSU and then bought the X1 and has an extra X1 PSU on hand and willing to sell, I will be your Huckleberry. If interested, please PM me and we can discuss. Thanks,
Andre
