06-Feb-2019, 04:53
It’s hard to definitively say the sound improvement improved. While I think it did, I wouldn’t say it’s night and day. And I can’t say the difference I’m hearing is from the lumin, the usb cable I’m using or a bit of both. I tend to believe it’s the latter. I did do a sound test using my wife and daughter as test subjects and played 4 different tracks, a woman’s vocals, a mans vocals, instrumental (jazz), and a bossa nova tune that had instrumentals, mans vocals, and woman’s vocals.
They both preferred the lumin/usb for the 2 vocal songs. Were split on the jazz instrumental, and preferred the WiFi direct to devialet on the bossa nova track.
I felt the lumin was a tad bit warmer almost analog compared to the Roon air which seemed a bit brighter to me. I could easily listen to either. One drawback with the Roon air via WiFi is that occasionally I would get staticky harshness for a few seconds. Only had that happen a few times, but I never experienced it with the Ethernet connected lumin. I suppose I could go Ethernet directly into the Devialet and resolve that problem.
I will try some other connections at some point to see if I can hear a differ nice, but according to the lumin specs, the usb has the capacity for higher res than other connections.
I’m not 100% sure I can hear the difference above 16/44.1, but I’m sure others can.
Anyway, take this review as my personal observation only. YMMV!
Regards,
Mike
They both preferred the lumin/usb for the 2 vocal songs. Were split on the jazz instrumental, and preferred the WiFi direct to devialet on the bossa nova track.
I felt the lumin was a tad bit warmer almost analog compared to the Roon air which seemed a bit brighter to me. I could easily listen to either. One drawback with the Roon air via WiFi is that occasionally I would get staticky harshness for a few seconds. Only had that happen a few times, but I never experienced it with the Ethernet connected lumin. I suppose I could go Ethernet directly into the Devialet and resolve that problem.
I will try some other connections at some point to see if I can hear a differ nice, but according to the lumin specs, the usb has the capacity for higher res than other connections.
I’m not 100% sure I can hear the difference above 16/44.1, but I’m sure others can.
Anyway, take this review as my personal observation only. YMMV!
Regards,
Mike
