Lumin M1 is an integrated amplifier, its stereo power amp and a volume control are inside of the same enclosure. In any case, Lumin M1 is this review’s main dish, bon appétit. If that’s what has really happened, kudos. Knowing that this product’s network related tech and visuals were already available and probably so was its enclosure, well, this is a long time, eh? Is the team responsible for this machine a bunch of slackers then? It’s highly unlikely I think, on the contrary to M1 tweaked over and over again to a point where the key management – people very much into sound quality after all – was perfectly happy with it. One might ask why was I on about all this up above and the reason is very simple: Lumin M1 was developed for one year and a half. Instead of releasing beta stage hardware and addressing bugs via customers’ feedback, the R&D crew can work undisturbed, which usually leads to nicely polished effect. If there’s no need to rush things, everything can be thoroughly checked and properly geared up. If I got this right, the main takeaway is lack of time pressure in case of currently developed projects and comfort that goes along with it.
The company doesn’t have to fuel the fire constantly via new products in several months long intervals just to keep the business going. This scribe thinks that – due to steady sales – Lumin’s R&D team doesn’t have a rope around its neck. To be convenient is no crime after all and convenience is Lumin’s middle name. If it’s additionally focused on sound quality, no enthusiast will move along at least not mildly interested. If done right, such an infrastructure is exceptionally convenient to use. Lumin products seem to be quite the sellers, presumably these days even hotter than years back due to growing audience very much into network playback. Well, something tells me that this is not the case at all. One might even say that the same dish is served in several ways, thus it lacks imagination and tastes more or less similarly. At least that’s what several network players with and without DACs on-board, one transport, one audiophile NAS and this review’s hero suggest. A quick glimpse might give the wrong impression that it’s quite stale. Lumin’s offer hasn’t changed much over the years. The upshot is obvious, to know one Lumin deck is to know them all. If one has a network platform which works as intended, to exploit its potential in one product only would’ve been a major waste. Not only this, Lumin A1’s very easy and intuitive to use interface netted quality user experience, thus was implemented in every device by this company. Their interest was and still is there and the good word got out in the process.
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The former device not only looks very luxurious, but via heavy price tag it was able to net full attention of high calibre enthusiasts with no-compromise attitude and they did all the rest. Lumin A1 is a force to be reckoned with even today, after several years since its launch and in my Lumin T1 review I’ve explained the reason why. Among people known to yours truly and familiar with this machine, each individual held it in very high regard. To describe this product as a successful one is a very mild statement. With its A1 model, Lumin entered the audio market with a proper bang, that’s unquestionable.
an audiophile L1 NAS and a full-fledged integrated amplifier – Lumin M1 – which is this review’s hero. Machines of this sort are the core of this company’s portfolio indeed, though there’s a place in there for i.e. Lumin gained a lot of recognition over the years and is associated mainly with high class network products.
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