Lumin L1

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I bought an L1 last week. It's Lumin's 2T NAS.

I will have to say, IT IS AS EASY AS ANYTHING I've seen for computer audio.

All you do is, unbox it, plug it into the wall and then use the included USB cable to hook it to your computer. On my apple computer, it came up as an external drive. I dragged my music to it. Waited for it to copy. I then ejected the drive from the computer, unhooked it from the computer and then plugged it into my wifi router with the included Cat 5 cable. Waited about 5-10 minutes, for it to categorize my music. And then all my music was there for my iPad in the Lumin app.

When you have new music. Just unhook it from the network, and hook it back up to your computer. Drag the new music to it. Put it back onto the network and you are done.

It truly is so much easier than using anything else I've seen.

No frills. But it works and it works well.

Well done Lumin! :)
 
$1,195

Expensive for a NAS but - its silent. And it looks just like their power supply for their streamers.
 
DLNA or SMB for the Oppo; sorry, I don't know enough about networking to know if that would be workable.
 
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If you can and now how to do it your self, go for it but many of my clients don't want to or don't know how to mess with a PC. You pay for simplicity and comfort.
MS like Lumin are in the top of the digital streaming business because of that and super sound.

Just my two cents E
 
highEndguy said:
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If you can and now how to do it your self, go for it but many of my clients don't want to or don't know how to mess with a PC. You pay for simplicity and comfort.
MS like Lumin are in the top of the digital streaming business because of that and super sound.

Just my two cents E
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I'm sure glad I was in the IT field for over 20 years. Saves me a lot of money! :congrats:
 
I'm in the IT business. I really like this solution. I don't have the time nor care to take on the setup of "music" computers.

One of the reasons I bought the Bryston BDP-2. Just loaded my AIFF files on an USB 1TB drive, loaded the Bryston and MPAD apps on my iPad and I was good to go. No more than 1 hr - including unpacking the BDP-2 and connecting the player to my DAC and the power.

So, congrats to Lumin. Their solution is truly "plug and play". It may be pricey but so is our time.
 
The important thing is that we have freedom of choice of music library server in a LUMIN setup, so people with different needs are satisfied, at different costs:

1. LUMIN L1 - simplicity, aesthetically pleasing, optimized support from LUMIN app
2. NAS + MinimServer - this has been the recommended setup for the longest time but it is not as simple
3. USB HDD - cheapest, simple but limited function, and impact the appearance of the system because it is generally placed fairly close to the system due to the comparatively short USB cable, and introduce a vibrating element near the audio equipment
4. JRiver - for those who like a PC-centric setup and/or PC-based upsampling
 
Another great part for the L1

Through the Lumin app it asks if you want to update the L1 software. I said yes, and 2 minutes later, I had the updated server software. Soooooo much easier than using a nas.
 
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