The Anthem is a nice piece, and ARC is kind of cool, but it doesn't sound natural to me when engaged. If you can't bypass all that crap in the Anthem, I would consider a different integrated that lets you enjoy the high quality source you have rather than downgrade your source.
Ditching Lumin T2 - Lumin U1 Mini or Bluesound Node 2i
Live and you learn. I love this streamer, BUT, I'm not convinced I'm getting the most from it's excellent DAC because my Anthem STR is converting the signal back to digital (for subwoofers and ARC) then reconverting using the Anthem's DACs.
The Anthem does sound excellent mind you! But I really wanted the pure Lumin sound and there's no way to not double process the signal if I want to use subs or ARC.
So now the question is...... Would a Lumin U1 mini (streamer only) really be that much better than a Bluesound Node 2i just for streaming?
I do like BluOS better than Lumin's app but I also use Roon which is love/hate.
The Anthem does sound excellent mind you! But I really wanted the pure Lumin sound and there's no way to not double process the signal if I want to use subs or ARC.
So now the question is...... Would a Lumin U1 mini (streamer only) really be that much better than a Bluesound Node 2i just for streaming?
I do like BluOS better than Lumin's app but I also use Roon which is love/hate.
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