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    Which cable—digital or NR—for Lumin dac/streamer?

    Which is recommended for a DAC/streamer device with SMPS power supply—the NR or digital PC?

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    Re: Which cable—digital or NR—for Lumin dac/streamer?

    Which exact Lumin DAC are you talking about? Are you looking only at the Venom line, or above it?

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    Re: Which cable—digital or NR—for Lumin dac/streamer?

    Lumin T2

    Venom or Delta

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    Re: Which cable—digital or NR—for Lumin dac/streamer?

    Quote Originally Posted by strojo View Post
    Lumin T2

    Venom or Delta
    Definitely NR. Alpha NR v2 if you can afford it. If not, Venom NR v12 at a minimum

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    Re: Which cable—digital or NR—for Lumin dac/streamer?

    I gathered from previous discussions that the Venom V14 Digital was designed for such devices wasn't it?

    Cheers,
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    Re: Which cable—digital or NR—for Lumin dac/streamer?

    I have the Lumin U1mini and my Alpha NR and Alpha HC won't fit in the IEC because of the hood. Does the Venom V14 Digital have a smaller IEC than the Alpha or Delta series?
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    Re: Which cable—digital or NR—for Lumin dac/streamer?

    Quote Originally Posted by bernardl View Post
    I gathered from previous discussions that the Venom V14 Digital was designed for such devices wasn't it?

    Cheers,
    Bernard

    The V14 Digital is designed for devices that are purely digital, and contain NO analog circuitry. By definition a DAC has analog outputs, so the filters in the V14 Digital will be a sonic mismatch. Pick the best NR power cord you feel like affording...
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    Re: Which cable—digital or NR—for Lumin dac/streamer?

    Good point, thanks.

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    Re: Which cable—digital or NR—for Lumin dac/streamer?

    Quote Originally Posted by Q3Di View Post
    I have the Lumin U1mini and my Alpha NR and Alpha HC won't fit in the IEC because of the hood. Does the Venom V14 Digital have a smaller IEC than the Alpha or Delta series?
    A Lumin D2 customer said he's using Shunyata Venom. The D2 dimension is nearly the same as U1 MINI.
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    Re: Which cable—digital or NR—for Lumin dac/streamer?

    You have explained to me why the basic Venom 14 power cable sounds so much better than the Venom 14 digital connected to my Lumin T2. Thank you.
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