Lumin X2 Has anyone used this device yet?

Ozzy,

Break-in is real and I believe once the X2 is fully broken-in, you will be amazed at how good it is.  I was gone from my home for about a week and when I returned and listened to the X2, I was really pleased with my decision to upgrade from the X1.

I hope--and trust--you will feel the same!

all best, Michael 

I’ve got 250 hours on my X2 and echo the sentiments expressed in this thread. More depth, realism, tighter imaging, richer sounding instrumentation, and for me, more punch in the 60-90 Hz range. I’ve also noticed orchestral selections are more natural sounding.

QRONO benefits may be individual/system dependent. What I like about it is the option to listen to the first 60 seconds of a track then switch the QRONO option on (which restarts the track) and take a 2nd listen. While some tracks sound improved, especially if they are sibilant in nature, most tracks sound less “live” and somewhat sterilized. 

Interesting about the Qrono d2a filter. It does do something, but I too believe it smooths out the dynamics.

And at this point in break in, the bass is better than at first but is still lacking that bottom oomph that the X1 had.

ozzy

@ozzy 

I am glad you’re enjoying the upgrade. Looks like LUMIN did it again. I noticed that you are using a hard drive plugged in directly to your DAC, I too started that way because less is more, right? Then one day I tried a Melco music server and will never go back. Still doesn’t make sense why it’s much better than the bare drive but I couldn’t deny the fact that it wasn’t even subtle. Not even a tricked out MacMini could compare. You should try one sometime just to make sure that you can still squeeze some more drops of performance from the X2. I doubt that you will regret it. Good luck and enjoy.

spenav,

Interesting about the Melco music server. Any particular model I should look at? I assume I would have to copy my music from my 8TB hard Drive? Not an easy task.

ozzy