Lumin will appear on your iOS device with the name you have given it in the Lumin App settings. Streaming to Lumin is lossless providing that the iPhone/iPad is set to maximum volume. Lumin is also an AirPlay compatible receiver. ![]() Rather than integration with the Lumin app, the T1 supports Spotify Connect, which means you need to select Lumin as a playback device from within the Spotify App. For those not familiar, TuneIn is an internet radio service which enables you to discover, follow and listen to what's most important to you - from sports, to news, to music, to talk – more than 100,000 real radio stations and more than four million podcasts streaming from every continent. ![]() Simply create a free TuneIn account and add Radio Stations to your TuneIn 'Library' for them to appear in the Lumin App. Like Tidal and Qobuz, TuneIn is also built into the heart of the Lumin App. You can mix playlists between local hard-disc stored music, Tidal or Qobuz seamlessly and you can even save playlists back to your Tidal or Qobuz accounts. TIDAL and Qobuz are built into the heart of the Lumin App which means the same Lumin browsing interface and searching capabilities. Lumin appears to have focused on those services which provide the highest quality content. Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz, TuneIn, Lumin can stream them all. It is, however, solidly built and beautifully finished and is supplied with an external dual-toroidal power supply for which the voltage is specified at the time of order.Īccording to Pixel Magic Systems (Lumin’s parent company), with the T1, the aim was to try and retain all the award-winning musicality of the A1 while enabling it to be heard by a wider audience. It uses a single PCB instead of multiple PCBs with compartmentalised internal shielding between digital and analogue circuits. To reduce the fiscal impact, the T1 sports a precision-machined aluminium front panel instead of a case milled from a solid aluminium billet. ![]() Indeed, the highest-grade matching components, circuit design and spacious layout, including true balanced audio outputs, are common to both. The Lumin T1 Network Player shares the same circuit design with the award winning Lumin A1, including Wolfson WM8741 DAC chips and Lundahl LL7401 output transformers. Since then Lumin has steadily expanded its product line-up and now includes several models catering to a wide range of demands and budgets. Lumin was one of the first new start up manufacturers to emerge with a high quality dedicated streamer or network media player in 2013 with the A1 which was well reviewed and hailed by many at the time as one of the ultimate streaming source components of the day. So, what initially began in the realm of computer based audio around 10 or so years ago has now become mainstream and a look at one of the many dedicated hi-fi streaming offerings and ways to simplify one’s life is warranted. ![]() Not to mention the time spent searching for better quality ripping software, installing better quality media playing software, installing the latest version of blah, blah, blah so that I can actually install the latest version of the new media player I now want to use etc. I can’t recall how many times I’ve had to reboot my laptop (or pry it from my wife’s hands…) before I could sit down to listen to a few tunes, not to mention the endless hours spent wondering why the cover art hasn’t shown up in the format (or quality) I expected, or organising and re-organising WAV files, FLAC files and the occasional MP3 file (now mostly deleted), into appropriate folders. Of course, many of us have been holding off purchasing such a component, instead making do with a computer-based source feeding a dedicated DAC or an integrated amplifier with built-in DAC, and struggling with what becomes a complicated ‘multi-use’ setup as opposed to the plug-n-play ease of CD. With more people than ever now relying on streaming services such as Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, or one of the plethora of more esoteric services as the primary source for their music, it is encouraging to know that most hi-fi manufacturers are now offering dedicated components to allow us to get our ‘musical fix’ in this manner (and potentially put an end to the accumulation of little silver discs to clutter up the cupboards).
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