Lumin U2 Mini

I prefer the COAX to my Lab 12 and am using a DH Labs D-750 which is excellent for the money.  Using DH Labs Air Matrix Cryo out of the DAC lot my pre

DAC.    Not SAC

Yeah, it looks like their dealer network is small.   

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Thanks Soix,  I am just trying to get a sense of what a good upgrade would be.   The dealer I bought my DAC from is an Innuos dealer and are pretty good about home demo.  Just not sure how much I will use the disc drive. 

There is nothing worse than a lateral move in this hobby...   I try to avoid that at all cost

There are several hundred discs , I have media on a 2TB drive also.    Can you move files across the network onto a dedicated streamers internal drive if I go that route?    

Thank you for the feedback.   I am going to check out a few of the major players including innous 

Thanks again to all who replied...   I actually did a complete 180° , switched gears and am having  DHT preamp built.   I'll revisit streamers after the new year.   Thanks !

I am still very interested in this unit.  I just need to sell off a few things.   Thanks for the info.  I would still like to access material on the Vault

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Designsfx , I never had the Lumin but i was seriously considering it.   I was able to leverage a trade toward the N200 that was such a good deal I couldn't pass.      

I love the Aurender , it is a great machine.         

The Lumin looks like it offers a lot for the money.  I probably would have picked the U2 mini if the Aurender wasn't such a great deal .   I did not plan on buying a $6k msrp streamer but i have zero regrets ...   really great support from Aurender too

I’m using the N200 with the excellent sounding LAB 12 DAC 1 Reference.   Great pairing.   I have until June to trade the LAB 12 toward something 2x as much, but honestly I think I’m going to keep it for a while.  

I didn’t really give USB a fair shake and have it connected to my headphone amp for now via USB with a generic 2.0 cable.  I’m thinking of getting the DH Labs Mirage USB cable and revisiting.  I have a suspicion that the Aurender’s clock outperforms the Lab 12’s clock and that’s why I like the Coax connection 

My N200 has no DAC.   USB and COAX out only    I have used it with my RME SAC and it sound great in my headphone rig