Lumin D1 is here!!

Mike

Mike

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Anyone wanting to jump into the Lumin waters can now with the very affordable and yet, still outstanding, Lumin D1. The Lumin D1 has been a tremendous success in Asia and now is available here in the U.S.!!

MSRP is $2000.

PM me if you're interested.

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Full specs can be found here: LUMIN D1
 
Rance - the D1 is definitely the baby Lumin. The starting point. But sonically and Price-Per-Performance, the trial run in Asia was a HUGE success for Lumin. It was such a success, that for almost a year, we couldn't get D1 inventory in North America even if we wanted it! Lumin manufacturing has caught up to the demand and have given us a nice supply for sale here in the U.S.

The D1's power supply is still external. It uses the more "analog sounding" DAC Chip - Wolfson WM8741 and handles DSD 64.

You get to use the same great Lumin app and get a good chunk of the big Lumin's sound for a reasonable price.

I would consider the D1 a "baby A1". No, it won't go toe-to-toe with the A1, but for individuals shopping in the $1500-2500 price range, its a tremendous value.
 
rrwmd said:
How does the D1 differ from the A1? Looks like no separate power supply for one thing.
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D1 uses dual Wolfson WM8741 DAC chips like A1 and T1, so it supports the same music formats (including DSD64), same upsampling features (e.g. real time PCM -> DSD conversion), and same software features (e.g. Gapless playback, AirPlay, Tidal, Tune-in, etc.) as A1/T1 and retains both the balanced and unbalanced outputs as well as the digital output. Different from A1/T1, D1 uses a single board design, is thus physically smaller, drops the high-cost Lundahl output transformers and drops the HDMI output. It comes with an entry level external 12V power supply (that can be replaced easily by off-the-shelf units).
 
Nice. This is a good incentive for people to drop CD players.

However, I sure wish Lumin would add an iPhone app. I hate using the iPad Mini as as remote. Mostly I create and run a playlist on random shuffle. I want to see what is playing, how long is left, and occasionally select a different song or playlist.
 
CPP said:
I asked Li (Lumin) if the Lumin external supply could be used, he said nope.
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D1 power supply is a standard external 12V DC with a 5.5mm plug, different from the A1 / T1 / S1 power supplies.
 
CPP said:
Just think if that D1 connection was a.k.a A1 like, just think Lumin could sell a few external power supplies :scholar: $$$
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Good thinking :exciting:. On the other hand, a standard connector and standard voltage also facilitates the use of off the shelf linear power supplies as upgrade options.
 
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