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Shine On - Lumin Music's D3 is a Bright Star Among Serious Sounding Streamers 

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For streaming fans seeking something that's comprehensively better than the likes of Cambridge Audio's keenly-priced CXN v2, this is well worth looking at. Mike and David reckon the Lumin D3 is a fine sounding bit of kit.
The guys agree that there's a lot to love about its fine finish, and the sound is a cut above most of its rivals, too. First though, there's the small issue of a certain Dennis Waterman song to be discussed...
Each episode of Hi-Fi Riff features Mike and David's unedited, unexpurgated views about all manner of weird and wonderful hi-fi designs. Business executive Mike has a wealth of knowledge from previous hi-fi retail experience, and David has written about hi-fi for thirty years. Now Editor-in-Chief of StereoNET, he's picked up a few things along the way.
So relax and enjoy some one-take hi-fi riffing - and please leave your comments below. And don’t forget to hit the Subscribe button, this one goes up to eleven!
The eighties-tastic title tune is called ‘UFO/Mike’s Jumper’, and used with the express permission of our old pal and rights holder Simon Lythe.
To read Mike's Lumin D3 review on StereoNET, click here:
www.stereonet.com/uk/reviews/...
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Комментарии : 80   
@FransbertSchermerMV
@FransbertSchermerMV 7 месяцев назад
Thanks guys. I am a happy D3 owner. Just a tip: if you do not like the app, there is also Tidal connect that is very easy to use. I also use the d3 as a pre amp for my Marantz 40N in power amp mode and that works fine for me.
@is3commander
@is3commander 7 месяцев назад
Hi! and how do you like that one? you compared other DAC to the performance of D3 DAC?
@Hi-FiRiff
@Hi-FiRiff 7 месяцев назад
I like Tidal connect a lot 👍 Mike
@FransbertSchermerMV
@FransbertSchermerMV 7 месяцев назад
@@is3commander No, only compared it to the in- build streamer/DAC of the Marantz 40N. I wanted to get rid of HEOS, Roon-ready/Qoboz,/Tidal connect and in silver. Got it for testing a week from my dealer and was convinced by its SQ. :-). It is in a set with Spendor Classic 3/1s and it sounds musical and natural.
@MrSplit57
@MrSplit57 6 месяцев назад
⁠​⁠@@FransbertSchermerMVoh, I’m also trying to get rid of HEOS! Lumin also on my short list, but now I’m concerned because of app! What you find as cons (who ever used HEOS, does not believe there is an app worse than that!) in Lumin’s app?
@gezparks9630
@gezparks9630 7 месяцев назад
HiFi Review, the excellent entertaing reviews and album recommendations... Happy days!
@Hi-FiRiff
@Hi-FiRiff 7 месяцев назад
DAT WIPES OUT CD!
@gezparks9630
@gezparks9630 7 месяцев назад
@@Hi-FiRiff lol
@simonupstone4924
@simonupstone4924 7 месяцев назад
I say don’t stop the rambling tangents. Loving the banter. The Lumin is a bit rich for my circumstances, and no need right now as I recently bought the Cambridge MXN10, your review helped my decision. These are great products to bring an older system up to date. Roon rocks.
@Hi-FiRiff
@Hi-FiRiff 7 месяцев назад
Fantastic! ❤️
@NoMoreHeroesPunkPostPunk
@NoMoreHeroesPunkPostPunk 7 месяцев назад
Nice review, fellas! .. and I have to say .. spot-on about ROON. 💕
@attrktmarketing4582
@attrktmarketing4582 7 месяцев назад
Good to see you have both moved back in to the Swedish hifi sauna/shed. The Lumin sounds like it is worth a listen.
@Hi-FiRiff
@Hi-FiRiff 7 месяцев назад
The hi-fi hut 😁😁
@attrktmarketing4582
@attrktmarketing4582 7 месяцев назад
@@Hi-FiRiff haha very good. When will you be hitting ‘The Hi-fi Hut’ next?
@MrVinylista
@MrVinylista 6 месяцев назад
@@attrktmarketing4582 Next weekend. Which venue do you prefer?
@attrktmarketing4582
@attrktmarketing4582 6 месяцев назад
@@MrVinylista given the time of year, it would have to be Santa’s festive hifi grotto
@MrVinylista
@MrVinylista 6 месяцев назад
@@attrktmarketing4582 Yo ho ho!
@torryhgeland4871
@torryhgeland4871 7 месяцев назад
The Lumin D3 has BNC digital out, so it can also be used only as a streamer.
@Hi-FiRiff
@Hi-FiRiff 7 месяцев назад
Yes, my bad. Sorry. Mike
@FransbertSchermerMV
@FransbertSchermerMV 7 месяцев назад
@@Hi-FiRiff Completely distracted by Dennis Waterman? :-)
@swiss889
@swiss889 6 месяцев назад
Loved this think you've had a few san Miguel's lol, love my lumin T2 👌
@MrVinylista
@MrVinylista 6 месяцев назад
How dare you. We were sober as a judge!
@owenoneill5955
@owenoneill5955 7 месяцев назад
Just the single '' I could be so good for you'' on Tidal apparently. Thank God Edit,,,a couple of tracks from some musicals
@tonyhodgkinson4586
@tonyhodgkinson4586 7 месяцев назад
The Alphonse Mouzon album has just been reissued and I bought a copy a few weeks back, my 12” copy of By All Means still sounds better and far more dynamic.
@playbackvintagehifihunter9669
@playbackvintagehifihunter9669 7 месяцев назад
I have missed that Riff Intro of late 😃
@tonyjedioftheforest1364
@tonyjedioftheforest1364 7 месяцев назад
Looks like Dennis Waterman is on Apple Music and Spotify
@steven2809
@steven2809 7 месяцев назад
Many thanks for introducing me to Alphonse Mouzon...brilliant! 👍 I wasn't tempted to try Dennis Waterman though......😖
@Hi-FiRiff
@Hi-FiRiff 7 месяцев назад
It won't be so good for you 😁 Mike
@steven2809
@steven2809 7 месяцев назад
@@Hi-FiRiff I see what you did there... 😂
@MrVinylista
@MrVinylista 7 месяцев назад
@@steven2809 A hilarious joke from Mike, said no one ever!
@steven2809
@steven2809 7 месяцев назад
@@MrVinylista 😂
@robertleitch2016
@robertleitch2016 7 месяцев назад
Ah, HFR of blessed memory. I happened to have the July 89 issue on the couch beside me while watching the latest excellent Riff. A youthful Ivor Tiefenbrun on the front cover, proclaimed as "The Big Yin". Amusing to note that it was another three years before Ivor was considered to be worthy of an MBE, but HFR's then Assistant Editor is now a Knight of the Realm.
@MrVinylista
@MrVinylista 7 месяцев назад
Noel Keywood told me a good story about (Sir) Ian Rankin. He said that when he was working with Chris Frankland on Review, one day Ian announced that he was "off to write a book", and so was leaving the mag. It would be fair to say that those in the office weren't too impressed, at the time, as I understand. But history proved them wrong...
@robertleitch2016
@robertleitch2016 7 месяцев назад
@@MrVinylista Hi-fi journos had some interesting career paths. Apart from the ones who rose to exalted positions in the industry, there was the fellow who was Director-General of the BBC for about two months - I was told it was a case of "the trapdoor was always open"...
@MrVinylista
@MrVinylista 7 месяцев назад
@@robertleitch2016 Yes, you're talking about George Entwistle, if memory serves. I never met him but I know many who did. By all accounts a nice guy. Got handed a poison chalice at the Beeb...
@Hi-FiRiff
@Hi-FiRiff 7 месяцев назад
I would love a copy of HFR where Chris puts the NAD 3020 phono stage against the Audio Research SP9 and the NAD wins 👍
@peterlynn3190
@peterlynn3190 7 месяцев назад
Pour another guys....Merry Christmas xx
@marekpuskas6707
@marekpuskas6707 7 месяцев назад
Just googled the pics of rear and there is digital out (BNC), so DAC upgrade is possible.
@MrVinylista
@MrVinylista 7 месяцев назад
Thank you, that's what I thought. Mike is booked in at the optician's for next week.
@marekpuskas6707
@marekpuskas6707 7 месяцев назад
Actually, Auralic Altair G1.1 is without digital out - it is little bit confusing when it is marketed like Digital Audio Streamer, more appropriate would be DAC with streaming function, because it has bunch of digital inputs, whereas Lumin D3 has not.
@gaetancharbonneau3902
@gaetancharbonneau3902 7 месяцев назад
Lumin has this funny design where the top plate covers up the binding post. Just wondering if it would get in the way of some of these chunky interconnect we can see sometimes? That said, I really like the clean Lumin overall aesthetic, even better, in the silver version. Cool review, thanks guys!
@luminmusic
@luminmusic 6 месяцев назад
The space has been increased slightly in newer models - mostly around the power socket (as it's now inverted), but yes, the overhang is still in place.
@gaetancharbonneau3902
@gaetancharbonneau3902 6 месяцев назад
That's great, thanks for the feedback! @@luminmusic
@johntucker5994
@johntucker5994 7 месяцев назад
Apparently there is a BNC out. Still, I would like to see more digital output options including AES and I2S.
@Hi-FiRiff
@Hi-FiRiff 7 месяцев назад
Yes, agreed... It's how I missed it... was looking for something more universal. Mike
@sounddesigndistribution9625
@sounddesigndistribution9625 6 месяцев назад
Try the Lumin U2 Mini - same as the D3 but no dac and a host of digital outputs.
@menfallinloveandwomenmakeplans
@menfallinloveandwomenmakeplans 7 месяцев назад
I think Chris Frankland's other record was Earl Klugh's Soda Fountain Shuffle. Please correct me if I am wrong.
@Hi-FiRiff
@Hi-FiRiff 7 месяцев назад
Ben Sidran Bop City 👍👍 Mike
@stevehollingbery9744
@stevehollingbery9744 7 месяцев назад
Great riff again, love the banter Cheers chaps.
@adeypoos
@adeypoos 7 месяцев назад
What about the Naim ND5XS2?
@steven2809
@steven2809 7 месяцев назад
Overpriced.....😖
@Hi-FiRiff
@Hi-FiRiff 7 месяцев назад
Would love to listen to it. Mike
@MrSidMuff
@MrSidMuff 7 месяцев назад
Eversolo DMP A6? Come on guys...get with the 'mojo'!(?)
@robertleitch2016
@robertleitch2016 7 месяцев назад
I'm not long back from Portugal. The Lisbon branch of El Corte Ingles (roughly the Iberian equivalent of John Lewis) had the DMP A6 "Masters Edition" at 800 Euros. UK price is £1200. I was sorely tempted, but for post-Brexit complexities.
@AudioThings
@AudioThings 2 месяца назад
Had the A6 with the upgraded PSU, upgraded to D3. Eversolo sounds much cheaper than it is compared with the Lumin. As a streamer and/or streamer and DAC, didn't matter.
@bigblueocean
@bigblueocean 7 месяцев назад
I bought "Love Fantasy" on Frankland's recommendation and hated it. I never bought any of the kit he liked as a result - he's clearly deaf!
@jimsregaturntableshifijukebox
@jimsregaturntableshifijukebox 7 месяцев назад
Rula Lenska: I’m relieved the truth is out about Dennis Waterman beating claims! Not a cool man! and a sh!te singer😉
@andrewlittleboy8532
@andrewlittleboy8532 7 месяцев назад
Looks like Tidal and Spotify are on the ropes according to reports online. I’ll stick with my physical media. Also the Lumin app is very temperamental constantly bring broken by updates.
@razisn
@razisn 7 месяцев назад
Btw, not that it matters much, but the 9028PRO is already a few years old. Maybe it's new to Lumin but it's far from new in the market. It has long been superseded in the ESS line.
@luminmusic
@luminmusic 6 месяцев назад
Yes, it's not a new chip, but it's a departure from the D2 which used a Wolfson. Interestingly, our most award-winning player ever, the LUMIN P1 uses a pair of ES9028PRO DAC chips.
@MrSplit57
@MrSplit57 6 месяцев назад
@@luminmusicthinking of this Lumin D3 as my new streamer (going away from HEOS enviroment!) - but I read some comments (bad) about Lumin’s app. Is there a possibility to try it in demo mode?
@AudioThings
@AudioThings 2 месяца назад
​@@MrSplit57To me it's not bad, on the contrary, it's different but very good. Although a new modern skin would be great, but don't change the good functionality it has.
@razisn
@razisn 7 месяцев назад
There's no DAC out? I thought I saw a BNC socket clearly labelled 'digital out' in the split second you showed the back of this thing. C'mon you chaps, you can do a bit better than this.
@MrVinylista
@MrVinylista 7 месяцев назад
Me too! You're right, as usual, squire!
@Hi-FiRiff
@Hi-FiRiff 7 месяцев назад
Yes, missed it completely. I was looking for coaxial, optical or usb! Mike
@r423sdex
@r423sdex 7 месяцев назад
Its no better than the wiim.
@Pete.across.the.street
@Pete.across.the.street 7 месяцев назад
You've heard both?
@MrVinylista
@MrVinylista 7 месяцев назад
@@Pete.across.the.street We heard both, back to back, about 10 minutes before we shot this video. It's a lot better!
@steven2809
@steven2809 7 месяцев назад
@@MrVinylistaThe Wiim digital output is bit perfect and 100% transparent, so you are just comparing the DACs.....🙄
@MrVinylista
@MrVinylista 7 месяцев назад
@@steven2809 If only it was that simple!
@guystewart9554
@guystewart9554 7 месяцев назад
disappointed to hear that you think Spotify users are plebs. The snobery that distroyed the general hifi marketplace.
@MrVinylista
@MrVinylista 7 месяцев назад
It was an ironic comment, satirising exactly this snobbery you mention. I myself have a Spotify account.
@mikeyevs
@mikeyevs 7 месяцев назад
I have a Spotify account too and love the interface. Apparently I could be so good for you is on there too, so what's not to like, If Spotify did better than mp3 quality it would obliterate any competition. Mike
@andrewlittleboy8532
@andrewlittleboy8532 7 месяцев назад
320kbs isn’t hifi anyway 😂
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