Lumin T2 is awesome. A couple things not mentioned yet - Lumin offers huge flexibility in upsampling and downsampling (not sure about the others in this regard) and a bunch of other settings options that are very useful. Second, I think some might be put off by the fact that you have to have a separate storage somewhere for ripped CDs. If running Roon and using WiFi, get a laptop that meets Roon basic specs (about $400), put it in a closet near your router, rip all your CDs using something like DBpowerAmp (very simple), and now you have a streamer/DAC (Lumin) that has no moving parts ! Arguably moving parts can break, and/or affect sound quality. Roon servers IMO are just expensive computers. Running the Lumin via WiFi is simple, no noise (fans, hard drives, etc.), and foolproof in my experience. Also using this general solution the Lumin U1 mini is a smoking deal if you can forego the DAC/streamer option, then you can continue to upgrade your DAC or play with DAC options as time goes on without having to re-rip music. But again, having owned a bunch of quality DACs, the T2 is really good.
Lumin or Aurender
I have about 4k for a new streamer. I was looking into Lumin and Aurender. I need a streamer with an Integrated DAC.
Also looking at NAD M10. Which of these is best in terms of performance, reliability, value ? I watched a YouTube review by Michael Borzenkov, a well regarded Russian audio reviewer, who claimed he couldn't tell a difference between vinyl and A100. Currently running Blusound node 2 into Mac c2600 dac. Thoughts?
Also looking at NAD M10. Which of these is best in terms of performance, reliability, value ? I watched a YouTube review by Michael Borzenkov, a well regarded Russian audio reviewer, who claimed he couldn't tell a difference between vinyl and A100. Currently running Blusound node 2 into Mac c2600 dac. Thoughts?