LUMIN D1 Network Music Streamer - MQA, Great Reviews Stereophile

Kaplan Design - Authorized Lumin Dealer in Malibu, California. Condition Rating: 9/10 there are some minor imperfections on the top Cover. Demo Unit Approx 400 Hrs of Use, No issues works and sounds Great! Full Warranty! Starts from the day I ship it. Support for MQA, Tidal, TuneIn Radio, Qobuz and Roon. Lumin D1 has been discontinued replaced by the Lumin D2. Note: I also have the Sbooster 12V Linear Power Supply all black (6 months old) it greatly improves the sonic quality of D1! (Selling Separately for $275.), I'll List it on Audiogon after I sell the D1, Post the Ad and give the buyer of the D1 first right of refusal to buy the Sbooster. Lumin D1 is Energy efficient uses 5 watts of power. PayPal Fees: US 3.5% Canada 4% Shipping: US - UPS and FedEx Ground Shipping. Canada - UPS Standard or DHL Shipping to a California Addresses,Taxed at your City/County tax rates from 7.5% - 10.50% Four ways to enjoy your music: 1) Streaming Music from Tidal with or without MQA! 2) USB Attached Hard Drive 3 QNAP or Synology NAS (Network Attached Storage) 4) USB Thumb Drive up to 2TB (Customer brought his 64Gb Thumb drive) plugged into rear of the D1's 1 of 2 USB A female ports. Hit menu setup-selected Drive on my iPad contents of USB Thump drive's displayed easily and worked like a charm! For those of you without a NAS, Lumin developed the L1 in 2014, ($1200) it's their own 2TB Mini NAS Server - all the software built-in! Easy Drag and drop your music files via its well made USB-B Computer interface, (2) USB-A Ports, (1) RJ-45 Ethernet. Computer Audiophile posted review (forward to 8:00 min) youtube /watch?v=glVphd8xzLo Review Snippet from Positive Feedback: 11-20-2016 | By Maurice Jeffries | Issue 88 (more of his review below) "The D1's overall tonal neutrality also impressed. Listen to something like Eighth Blackbird's superb 2016 release Hand Eye (Cedille), a disc that showcases a broad range of string, woodwind and percussion instruments in a series of engagingly quirky works, and you'll appreciate how the little Lumin imposes very little of its own tonal signature on the music". Reprinted from Lumin Website: Lumin D1, A1, and T1: Use Wolfson WM8741 DAC chips, 1 chip per channel. Provide Single Ended and Balanced Outputs, PCM, 44.1kHz - 384kHz, 16 - 32bit, Stereo DSD 64 2.8MHz, 1bit, Stereo (DSD 128 5.6MHz on LUMIN S1/U1). Lumin A1/T-1: Output connectors coupled with dual LUNDAHL LL7401 output transformers, External dual-toroidal Power Supply. A1's Case is manufactured from a solid billet of Aluminum. T-1's case Same Design as the D1, Except the T1's Case is Larger. One of my Clients purchased a LUMIN D1 from me about 18 months Ago with the Optional Sbooster outboard Power Supply. Client's system, EAR 912 Preamp, Quicksilver Audio's V4 Mono Amps driving B and W 802D speakers - WOW! Amazing sounding unit! He spent 100's of hours comparing D1's internal DAC to his EAR Acute 3 CD player connected via the LUMIN's SPDIF interface with Wireworld Platinum Starlight 6 digital Cable. He's stated to me on several past occasions, "Jeff the D1's internal DAC sounds better than the DAC in the EAR CD3 CD Player and that's why I sold it! The D1 is 80% of the sound of the Lumin A1 which I've heard at my buddies house on several occasions." My Client Update - purchased a Lumin S1 ($9800) in December 2016. Latest Review: Positive Feedback 11-20-2016 | By Maurice Jeffries | Issue 88 Set-up Details Product setup proved straightforward and drama-free. After removing the D1 (and outboard wall wart power supply and white cotton gloves) from their sturdy cardboard carton, I placed the unit atop my Salamander Corsica 237 AV cabinet, inserted the wall wart PSU (the massive outboard Sbooster PSU and switched the D1 on. I then downloaded the Lumin app to my iPad and opened on my networked laptop a file containing very useful basic system operating instructions that Mark was kind enough to forward to me (these also appear on the Lumin website). I then inserted my outboard hard drive, a 2TB Western Digital unit (not NAS-enabled), into the rear of the D1 using a stock USB cable. I then connected the D1 to a free wi-fi port on the back of my NETGEAR router using, once again, a stock Ethernet cable. Lastly, I powered up the Lumin iPad App which automatically detected my UPnP Media Server and the Lumin D1 Audiophile Network Music Player. For tinkerers, the Lumin app offers numerous playback features. One can up-sample, down-sample, convert PCM to DSD, and even do DSD to PCM converting. IMHO, I achieved the best sonic results up-sampling 16-bit/44.1kHz files to 24-bit/176kHz. The musical presentation sounded more relaxed, open and airy to my ears up-sampled. Your results may, of course, differ. The point is, whatever your tastes, the Lumin app can likely accommodate your specific musical and sonic needs. The Lumin app is so well thought out that the good folks at Pixel Magic Systems have licensed same to none other than Esoteric. Esoteric's N-05 Network Audio Player is the first of that brand's products to utilize the app, with more applications promised in the future. According to Mark, even high end stalwart Linn now suggests that its customers use the Lumin application. Silky Sweet Sounds: Powered up and running (although not fully burned in, for which the distributor recommends about 400 hours of playback time), the D1 sounded remarkably fluid, open and transparent. Imaging was superb, although record depth cues did not fully materialize until well into the break-in cycle. Transients were reproduced without edge, spit or glare, although decays sounded ever so slightly truncated in duration. Still, first impressions were promising. After several months of sustained playback, the diminutive D1 truly came on song. Instrumental tonality now came across as highly neutral and refined. Compared to the sound straight out of the box, the broken-in D1 sounded a bit more relaxed and composed dynamically. The reproduction of soundstage cues, especially width and height, but also depth, flowed in a manner more reminiscent of fine analog than stock digital. On the best recordings, both pure digital and those discs sourced from older analog recordings, the D1 captured that ineffable sense of airy openness that one typically associates, here we go again, with analog playback, not digital. On a perennial favorite, Boz Scaggs' superb 2004 release Speak Low (Decca B0012026-02), the middle-aged rocker turned pop/jazz crooner (his once throaty tenor now an earthy baritone) caresses every note. His command of vocal colors and textures (although he routinely swallows consonants), ranging from airy hesitance to gruff, raspy insistence, imbues each track with a deep reservoir of emotional content. He sings as if born to the medium. Boz's lovely rendition of the jazz standard "I Wish I Knew" pulsates with musical energy, the percussionist's snares and cymbals literally electrifying the ambient space with upper octave light and air. Again, the D1 delivers more than a semblance of the relaxed ease and liquidity that one expects from that other medium, but does not always get from digital. And dig the way the D1 captures Boz's superb phrasing when he sings at whisper level "Someone like you could love me" at the end of "I Wish I Knew". Wow! The D1's overall tonal neutrality also impressed. Listen to something like Eighth Blackbird's superb 2016 release Hand Eye (Cedille), a disc that showcases a broad range of string, woodwind and percussion instruments in a series of engagingly quirky works, and you'll appreciate how the little Lumin imposes very little of its own tonal signature on the music. Robert Honstein's playful "Conduit", a jazzy, bouncy three-part aquarelle that sounds at times like an infectious mélange of Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, and vintage country western, pulses and dances with fluttering flutes, the hypnotic repetition of various percussion instruments (including what sounds like a recurring wood block pattern), the steady strum of Nicholas Photinos' gorgeous cello work holding everything together. One critic has described the net effect of Conduit as the sonic equivalent of "hearing" the interactive digital visual art of Zigelbaum + Coelho, a depiction with which I wholeheartedly agree. The D1's ability to unravel the overlapping rhythmic and tonal signatures that pulsate asynchronously in and out of the musical mix renders coherent what might otherwise seem an undifferentiated sonic cacophony. On something a bit more challenging dynamically, the D1, whether operating solo as a NMP/DAC combo, or in conjunction with the wonderful Cambridge 851D DAC, never puts a wrong foot forward. Take Claudio Abbado's 1996 recording of Karl Stockhausen's masterwork Gruppen (Stockhausen: Gruppen - Deutsche Grammophon 447 761-2). Composed between 1955 and 1957, Gruppen ranks amongst the most complex orchestral works ever conceived. Composed for three distinct orchestras or groups ("gruppen" in German), the score calls for the physical separation of each unit in a large horseshoe pattern. One orchestra sits where you would expect to find the horseshoe curve, while the other two units occupy or sit where one would expect to find the horseshoe stems. Stockhausen's use of the horseshoe configuration pattern ensures maximal sonic delineation of the distinct musical passages carried by each group, but also permits each cluster to remain in eye-shot of the other two. The three orchestras perform their "individual" sections simultaneously with the other units, with each orchestrated section or module frequently employing rhythmic patterns and time signatures different from the other two. The net effect is to alter how the listener perceives musical time. In Stockhausen's parallel musical universe, individual notes and note clusters become less important than overall musical momentum, sonority, tonal density, and dynamic scaling. Enter the Sbooster PSU Toward the end of this review, Mark sent a new Sbooster PSU for me to try. He claimed that the sound of the D1 with the Sbooster would elevate performance levels to new heights. Boy, was he right. With the Sbooster powering the tiny D1, two features of the sound stood out in stark relief. First, the sound became more relaxed. By "relaxed" I do not mean to imply a softening of musical transients. Instead, the Sbooster allowed the D1 to reproduce musical transients and decays in a more natural, fluid, and convincing way. Coherence, cohesion, tonal suppleness, and instrumental warmth all increased noticeably. Stated another way, I found it easier to step into and lose myself in the performance. Second, soundstage depth and imaging specificity dramatically improved. Without the Sbooster, the D1 produced airy images that seemed to float ethereally, but without much in the way of stage depth. With the Sbooster doing the driving, instruments and voices gained in solidity and three-dimensionality. Soundstage depth cues improved markedly, as did my ability to discern the placement of instruments and voices within the recorded stage. This newfound solidity had the net effect of heightening the sense of overall musical realism and involvement. NO COMPROMISE Even at this price point, the highest-grade matching components are selected, including balanced audio outputs. UNIVERSAL Effortlessly plays everything from DSD 64 through high-res PCM to mainstream formats FLAC, Apple Lossless, MP3 and Internet radio streams. SEAMLESS Gapless Playback, On-Device Playlists and robust music buffering provide a superior playback experience, free from distractions. REVIEWS: 6MOONS JULY 2015 By Dawid Grzyb Translated from Polish. Lumin D1 was a hugely positive surprise and sonically unexpectedly refined. Summary. Lumin D1 was a hugely positive surprise and sonically unexpectedly refined. It marked its presence in marvelous fashion in each setup I tried. My ears were served with beneficial advances far above just being audible. And the D1 worked without the slightest hiccup. During my two weeks with it, the loaner didn’t pull even the tiniest stunt just once. In terms of pure functionality, it's a very fine device to have. Once one tries navigating music with the Lumin, there's no turning back. The quality app and iPad-based remote are brilliant conveniences. In the end, the D1 is neither an excellent streamer and above-average DAC nor vice versa. Its two core functions are equal, complementary and as such equally serious. Add an appealing form factor, clearly mature engineering and overall performance and the asking price is fully justified. For the money, it doesn’t get much better if at all. HI-FI+ May 2015 - issue #123 By Nicholas Ripley In outright sound quality, it’s like Lumin forgot to tell the D1 it was the brand’s entry-level player. it’s an exceptional £5,000 network player, for £1,600. ...any way you look at it, this is like getting 90% of the product for less than 1/3rd the price. What’s not to like about that? STEREOLIFE October 2015 By Krzysztof Kalinkowski Each recording became so addictive that I didn't want to stop listening, every album played from beginning to end, sometimes even several times in a row. I strongly recommend it to all music lovers and to all vinyl fans, because D1 style is very similar to this of a truly analog source. I think the point is to have as much pleasure from listening to music as possible. And Lumin D1 provides this 100%. QOBUZ October 2015 By Philippe Daussin LUMIN D1 network player is a veritable champion. I strongly recommend it to all music lovers and to all vinyl fans, because D1 style is very similar to this of a truly analog source. the notes of the piano fuse with fluidity, clarity, and liveliness. SPECIFICATIONS: Physical: DSD SUPPORT: DSD 64 2.8MHz, 1-bit ANALOG OUTPUT STAGE: Wolfson WM8741 DAC chips, 1 chip per channel, Fully balanced layout with high-quality components. PCM, 44.1kHz - 384kHz, 16 - 32bit, Stereo DSD 64 2.8MHz, 1bit, Stereo. INPUT: Ethernet Network 100Base-T USB storage, flash drive, USB hard disk (Single-partition FAT32, NTFS, and EXT2/3 only) OUTPUTS: ANALOG AUDIO: XLR balanced, 4Vrms, pin 2 Hot RCA unbalanced, 2Vrms DIGITAL AUDIO: BNC SPDIF: PCM 44.1kHz-192kHz, 16-24bit DSD (DoP, DSD over PCM) 2.8MHz, 1bit FINISH: Raw brushed Aluminum POWER SUPPLY: 100–240V AC auto-ranging Dimensions: 9.47" W x 9.6" D x 2.36" H Weight: 4.40 Lbs STREAMING PROTOCOL: UPnP AV protocol with audio streaming extension Gapless Playback On-Device Playlist SUPPORTED AUDIO FILE FORMATS: DSD LOSSLESS: DSF (DSD), DIFF (DSD), DoP (DSD) PCM LOSSLESS: FLAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), WAV, AIFF COMPRESSED (LOSSY) AUDIO: MP3, AAC (in M4A container) SUPPORTED AUDIO SAMPLE RATES, BIT DEPTHS, NUMBER OF CHANNELS: PCM, 44.1kHz - 384kHz, 16 - 32bit, Stereo DSD, 2.8MHz, 1bit, Stereo UPSAMPLING RATES; BIT DEPTHS: DSD upsampling option for all files up to 96kHz SUPPORTED CONTROL DEVICES: All models of Apple iPad (v2 or later). iOS 5.0 or later required. Full Retina Display support. APP FEATURES: High-resolution artwork. Artwork caching. AirPlay compatibility. Multiple-tag handling. ‘Composer’ tag support. Find & Filter. Tag browsing. Kaplan Design Authorized Dealer for: Acoustic Revive Arcolink Clearaudio Esprit Audio Cables made in France. Hanss Acoustics Lumin Music Hall Musical Surroundings Quicksilver Audio Oyaide PranaWire Symposium Acoustics Yarlung Records