Comparing the T2 and X1 - what should I listen for?

[wklie (Peter Lie)]

@zappan

is there a chance we could get a product sitting in between the T3 and P1, dropping the preamp and video sections from the P1, but keeping the improved power supply, clock and the analog output section, all in one box?

Very unlikely.

@zappan

can Lumin T3 / P1 / X1 read from a samba share which I have enabled on my internet router having an external USB drive connected to it, or does it really require UPnP server running?

Lumin streamers + Lumin app alone do not support accessing SMB files.

In order to play files from SMB: You may use Roon (since this is Roon forum), or install the free MinimServer to a computer with SMB mounted, and use Lumin app to access MinimServer.

[zappan (Tomislav Capan)]

@wklie

@zappan

can Lumin T3 / P1 / X1 read from a samba share which I have enabled on my internet router having an external USB drive connected to it, or does it really require UPnP server running?

Lumin streamers + Lumin app alone do not support accessing SMB files.

In order to play files from SMB: You may use Roon (since this is Roon forum), or install the free MinimServer to a computer with SMB mounted, and use Lumin app to access MinimServer.

That is too bad, as it’s super easy to mount a shared USB drive to an internet router nowadays and share it as a SMB drive. My current setup includes the Bluesound Node and the RPi running LMS+Squeezelite (using PiCorePlayer), and both of tham can build a library off of the Samba drive, and act as server+streamer on its own, having the files offloaded to a side location.

Why I’m aiming at a internet router is because it’s always on anyways. Having yet another separate computer running either Roon or Minim Server is an option, but that’s yet another box running all day long. I’m trying to avoid that, if possible.

Thanks a lot for your answers. If you consider adding SMB support in the future, given the above context, that’d be awesome. On my side, running a separate media server is quite unlikely the path I’d want to take, I’m looking at reducing the number of boxes around.

[Hudson]

I run a Roon Nucleus which supports an internal HD - much prefer it over a standalone networked HD coupled to a Roon server pc. This with the X1 is all I need.

[zappan (Tomislav Capan)]

Sure, the same as I prefer samba share from my router, and the idea of a server/streamer reading that storage. Less boxes, less noise, less heat, less electricity used.

(I also don’t understand why is there no Roon for the ARM architecture, SBCs became quite powerful today; but that’s a whole other story)