Lumin u1 mini transport, considerations and recs

[wklie (Peter Lie)]

There are various users here with experience of Lumin + Chord combo, e.g.

DAVE v MAY, only one will survive

Ok. Initial impressions… the DAVE is two months in, the MScaler a couple weeks added in… the May is two days old. I’ll lead with the current state of affairs. I switched over to the May two days ago and have been listening to all the same albums I’ve been on for the last month – they run the gamut like my tastes, a sampling of the acts/tracks played today: Steely Dan, Nick Drake, Taylor Swift, Bob Dylan, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Beck, Paul Simon, Norah Jones, k.d. Lang, Angelique Kidjo, Ly…

Lumin U1 & Reclockers

I’m using my U1 with chord Dave/Blu and let Blu do the upscaling like the mscaler would. It’s a fantastic combo. I am playing around with Roon or Lumin upscaling dsd files as chord shines brightest with pcm but haven’t come to a conclusion yet.

Lumin U1 mini transport

My friend’s setup: Chord Dave, Chord MScaler and U1mini, Roon on Nucleus +. Sounds fantastic. [image]