Lumin X1 and Upgraded DC umbilical cord for power supply.

@ozzy

I have the Audio Sensibilities since the begining so I can’t comment.
I am interesed to know more about the Wesminster Lab ombilical cord with
LuminX1.

And also the Synergistic Research Master Fuse. I have the Blue for my Lumin

And I have the stock Lumin ombilical cord ; and I don’t know what to do with that . It  is not easy to sell.

YMMV and it's been a while but I had this and preferred the stock umbilical cord.

Yeah, it's too bad I couldn't get a dealer to let me try one while I have the Audio Sensibilities cable to compare. I would then follow the sound quality.

ozzy

@ozzy 

From what I have read, the after market umbilical cables change the sound perspective a bit but the jury is still out as to whether they are better. I would be interested to hear your experience when you get yours in. 
I only changed the fuse of my X1 to an orange fuse, the improvement was marginal. The X1 is a really well designed piece of equipment. Has anyone tried new footers? The X1 is really low profile and close to the ground so to speak, I am tempted to try something to raise it up a little while squeezing a little more performance. I would like to know what others have tried. Thanks. 

Found this info from the manufacturer of the cable from Audio Sensibilities.

"The Lumin X1 power supply (PSU) provides five independent DC rails of power (one high current, four lower current). The Lumin X1 power supply cable uses top grade 10 pin Japanese DC connectors. All 10 pins of the connector are used with the required five twisted pairs of wire.

Like all high-end equipment manufacturers, Lumin provides very basic AC and DC power cables with the X1. This keeps the base cost of the X1 as low as possible. The customer can then independently decide if they wish to upgrade either of the stock cables.

The stock Lumin DC cable uses PVC insulated tough pitch copper (TPC) which is of a lower grade than OFC (better) or OCC (best) copper. Estimated cost is $2.00/m.

The Audio Sensibility DC cable uses cryogenically treated Teflon insulated OCC silver. This is the same OCC silver used in premium audio cables such as the Wireworld Platinum Eclipse 8 line.

OCC silver is very expensive and is the primary material cost of our cables. The Japanese DC connectors are also not inexpensive.

BTW: For this DC cable we are currently using Neotech solid core OCC silver wire. Wire use is 115% of the stated length of the cable."

ozzy

The DIY parts alone add up to 2/3 of the price of the AS X1 DC cable.