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  1. I have tried them all. The current Lumin app using MinimServer with Synology, Qnap, the Lumin L1 2TB media library or even USB & flash drives is, for now, unbeatable. Even Linn is telling their new streamer owners to use the Lumin app. Lumin also licensed their app and streamer board to Esoteric for the Esoteric N-05. Lumin even allows the user to select native, 16 or 24 level bit rates, PCM up-sample levels if desired. Range is 44.1/16 to 32/352 and both PCM to DSD and DSD to PCM conversion. App also natively supports Tidal, Qobuz, Airplay compliance and Internet radio. ROON is bit perfect to 44.1 with Lumin Streaming (via Airplay), but will be updated as a fully integrated package, reportedly by late 2016, early 2017. Lumin engineers came from and work for Pixel Magic Systems Ltd. They are commercial broadcast engineers; they are not consumer electronics engineers. Their app and hardware are built from the ground up. Attached PDF was received from one of their USA dealers and it is very interesting reading. What Sets Lumin Apart from The Competition 092016.pdf
  2. I have tried them all. The current Lumin app using MinimServer with Synology, Qnap, the Lumin L1 2TB media library or even USB & flash drives is, for now, unbeatable. Even Linn is telling their new streamer owners to use the Lumin app. Lumin also licensed their app and streamer board to Esoteric for the Esoteric N-05. Lumin even allows the user to select native, 16 or 24 level bit rates, PCM up-sample levels if desired. Range is 44.1/16 to 32/352 and both PCM to DSD and DSD to PCM conversion. App also natively supports Tidal, Qobuz, Airplay compliance and Internet radio. ROON is bit perfect to 44.1 with Lumin Streaming (via Airplay), but will be updated as a fully integrated package, reportedly by late 2016, early 2017. Lumin engineers came from and work for Pixel Magic Systems Ltd. They are commercial broadcast engineers; they are not consumer electronics engineers. Their app and hardware are built from the ground up. Attached PDF was received from one of their USA dealers and it is very interesting reading. What Sets Lumin Apart from The Competition 092016.pdf
  3. Hello Ted,

     

    I am the importer for M2Tech in North America and I did speak with Chris in Munich about you reviewing the new Young DSD. If you could please provide me your full name, address and phone numbers, I will get one on the road to you by next week. I can be reached as follows. Mark Gurvey, Source Systems, Ltd. 35 S. Montilla, San Clemente, CA. 92672-6000. Office 949-369-7729, cell at 949-322-4973. Thank you for your consideration. Best regards, Mark

  4. PC DACS: www.usbdacs.com/Products/Products.html, <br /> Benchmark, www.sweetwater.com/c796--AD_DA_Converters?gclid=CJm24_67v6QCFdVb2godTwu31Q, Berkeley, etc.<br /> <br /> Audiophile DACS: www.dcsltd.co.uk/product/debussy-dac <br /> ...www.dcsltd.co.uk/product/scarlatti-dac ....MBL, Esoteric, etc. <br /> <br />
  5. Normally my wife and I love reading your reviews because we enjoy high end digital audio and PC based HDD playback. Objectivity is always appreciated but you may not fully understand the nature of ultra high end digital audio devices, especially their need for burn in/break in. (With all respect, 48 hours of burn in on any digital audio device, even if received from another reviewer, is a disservice to the hardware and the review). We also don't think you understand the unfortunate nature of made (or written), in Japan users’ manuals. We have owned a D-07 for 15 months and before we bought it, we listened to what were considered the state of the art "PC/audio" DACs at the time. In our product search we learned that 32 bit AKM chipsets are considered among the very best in the world. We also learned that 32 bit DACs evolved from the professional recording side of the audio business and were first used and applied to consumer products by AKM and Esoteric. Seems like many have followed their lead? <br /> <br /> When we first took home our D-07 it sounded very flat and very one dimensional. Like your experience, we were very disappointed but based on our experience with ultra high end digital audio systems; we knew it would need at least 500 hours to effectively burn in. Until you reach that point with certainty, you should not judge any piece of high end digital audio. PC DACS are very different from audio DACS. PC DACS do not require extensive burn in. <br /> <br /> At 500 hours of use and beyond we have fantastic depth, warmth, detail, transparency and separation with our D-07. Based on our source selection, we use S/PDIF and XLR inputs. We find as do most audiophiles, that USB is an inferior path by design. <br /> <br /> Reading your review today makes us feel that you must have been listening to a completely different product, or must have had some incorrect set up issue or possibly even a D-07 with a problem? After we bought in 2009, we asked Esoteric in LA about 3 concerns that you mention. #1: Why only a discussion of Windows? Answer, cost liability and royalty payable to Apple. (Despite the fact that it works with Apple if you state "works with" or “made for” or "certified to work with" you must pay high unit fees to Apple). If they did this they claim costs would have gone up substantially and with the yen as strong as it is, they did not want to enter the market at a higher price point. Seems logical.#2: Why the 88.2 native USB input limitation and why state the capability in the manual if not actually functional? Answer, the D-07 was developed and engineered for release in the Japanese market in 2006/2007, BEFORE an 88.2 USB chipset was available for use with a dual mono 32 bit chip set AKM D/A configuration. In listing the 88.2 native capabilities, Esoteric told us it was a mistake they deeply regret. Subsequent printings of the manual and spec sheets will have the correction. They told us this was also due to a limitation of the tenor USB chip set used at the time of design (and mentioned correctly in this forum by another reader). For me and my wife, we don’t find this to be a problem because our PC can up sample to 96 kHz and playback beautifully, or we let our PC down sample to playback at 44.1 and let the D-07 up convert to 176.4 or even up to DSD resolutions (which sound even better). #3: Why so much broken English and incomplete information in the user’s manual? Answer, translation from Japanese to English was not processed with the involvement of USA staff. This has since been corrected on subsequent products. <br /> <br /> Finally we have to ask of Computer Audiophile, since you disparage the company and the reviewed product (that we feel is an excellent product), did you ever contact the manufacturer or the factory with your concerns before publication, so that they could explain and/or help you to troubleshoot your issues? When we read other reviews on line or in print, most if not all reviewers do that so as to not misrepresent a product or a company (as a professional courtesy)? Beyond that, we agree that the "chips should fall where they may” and that editorial is your domain and your domain alone. In this case you have 2 new readers that simply agree to disagree with your acoustic findings and your experience overall with the D-07. Ours is superb and we have made many hours of comparisons. We look forward to reading more postings and feedback from other D-07 owners. We also hope that you might answer our questions above? Thank you for the opportunity to post in regards to PC audio and the D-07.<br />
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