LUMIN X1 Music Streamer

$24,900.00

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The X1 is the flagship music streamer from LUMIN. An extraordinarily well built unit that's the equal of any competitor but at a fraction of the price and size.

Supporting almost any streaming input including Tidal, Spotify Connect, Roon, Qubuz and Apple Airplay, the X1 covers all the bases. Add in support for MQA playback and you're closer than ever to the original studio quality recordings of thousands of artists. Over the air software updates also mean that you're future-proofed as new formats become available. This is definitely a product that is built to last a long time.

Specifications

DSD SUPPORT: Up to DSD512 22.6MHz, 1-bit

PCM SUPPORT: Up to 768kHz, 16–32-bit, Stereo

ANALOG OUTPUT STAGE: Dual ESS SABRE32 ES9038Pro DAC chips Fully balanced layout with high-quality components Output connectors coupled with dual LUNDAHL LL7401 output transformers Femto Clock System with precision FPGA distribution

UPSAMPLING RATES & BIT DEPTHS: DSD128 upsampling option for all files PCM 384kHz upsampling option for all files

DIGITAL OUTPUT STAGE: USB: Native DSD512 support PCM 44.1–768kHz, 16–32-bit, Stereo BNC SPDIF: PCM 44.1kHz–192kHz, 16–24-bit DSD (DoP, DSD over PCM) 2.8MHz, 1-bit

OPTICAL NETWORK: Industry-standard SFP 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter may be needed for your particular switch/cables Use simultaneously with RJ45 (e.g. connect one to router and one to LUMIN L1 or NAS)

POWER SUPPLY: External solid billet cnc dual-toroidal Separate digital & analogue circuitry Low-noise linear regulator 9-pin Output Connector

PHYSICAL:

FINISH: Black anodised brushed aluminium (with matching PSU) Raw brushed aluminium (with matching PSU)

LUMIN (SOLID ALUMINIUM CHASSIS): 350mm (W), 345mm (D), 60mm (H), 8kg

PSU (SOLID ALUMINIUM CHASSIS): 106mm (W), 334mm (D), 60mm (H), 4kg

To say I’m impressed by the LUMIN X1 is something of an understatement. I am blown away by its performance.

The Absolute Sound

Streamings new cutting edge

Noise is high on the X1 hitlist with a separate dual-toroidal power supply designed to eliminate anything that could cloud your music. Internal components are also selected and integrated into a design that targets low noise and maximum performance.

Stream from anywhere

The LUMIN range is all about streaming music and as you'd expect, all models support the Spotify Connect and Tidal Connect services. High-resolution streaming comes to LUMIN players courtesy of Tidal and Qobuz streaming services. Tidal has been available in NZ for some time and many of our clients already use it. It offers a large library of CD quality streaming (approx 70 million songs..!) and around 23,000 albums in MQA high resolution. More recent to NZ is Qobuz, which boasts a catalogue of over 70,000 albums, 22,000 of which being high-resolution with up to 24-bit 192kHz resolution. Our initial listening tests revealed its sound quality, particularly on high res content to be superb.

Apple AirPlay is also supported so you're free to stream virtually anything from your iPhone, iPad or Mac through your LUMIN player.

If you have a collection of digital music, either purchased via websites like Bandcamp, HD Tracks or Qobuz, or ripped from your own CD collection, the LUMIN streamers will help you get the best from these files. They'll play music in any format (including DSD), stored on either a hard drive that's connected directly to a LUMIN, or via a network storage device like the LUMIN L1 or 3rd party NAS drive.

All LUMIN network players are certified as Roon ready, which means they'll drop right into your existing setup if you're a Roon user. Roon is an elegant music management tool that's designed for music-loving audio enthusiasts. It combines your existing digital music collection with the best streaming services to provide an unmatched music browsing and discovery experience. Learn more about Roon here.

If you're not a Roon user, controlling your player is still easy and fun using the free LUMIN App. It was created to work in harmony with the LUMIN hardware to deliver the most intuitive and visually rich way to browse, select and play your music collection.

The X1 is Lumin’s fully featured flagship. It serves as a streamer, DAC, and digital preamplifier, has its own dedicated smartphone app, and is Roon compatible. The X1 does everything you would expect from a premium audiophile product—it looks cool, operates flawlessly, accepts firmware updates, and has its own app. It also performs as well sonically as any streamer/DAC/preamplifier SS has ever had in his clutches.

The X1 has a flow and a naturalness that we only knew from exquisite turntables. During our listening tests, we were also struck time and again by how vividly and three-dimensionally the X1 reproduces.

To say I’m impressed by the LUMIN X1 is something of an understatement. I am blown away by its performance. It's in direct competition with products that cost several times as much and take up a lot of shelf space in the process. As such, this might just be the Goldilocks point in high-grade network streaming as it stands today.