Why LUMIN D3

LUMIN D3 brings the audiophile potential of music streaming within everyone's reach.

Building on the success of our most popular and longest-standing model, LUMIN D3 inherits the Sabre DAC technology used throughout the rest of our range and combines it with our new all-aluminium compact chassis.

The latest LUMIN processor technology provides DSD256 upsampling, and with TIDAL Connect and Qobuz Connect bringing audiophile-grade performance within your reach.

Main features

• Latest processor provides greater resampling flexibility
• New analogue output stage features Sabre DAC and a buffer including LUMIN X1 technology
• New DAC configuration featuring Sabre DAC ES9028PRO
• Retains fully balanced design including XLR outputs
• New surface finish taken from the high-end P1
• Upsampling and downsampling to every supported format up to DSD256/PCM384
• TIDAL Connect and Airplay 2 Compatible as well as Roon Ready, Spotify Connect, MQA, TIDAL, Qobuz Connect, Plex and TuneIn

D3 Specification

DSD Support:

• Up to DSD256, 1-bit, Stereo

• PCM Support:

  • Up to 384kHz, 16–32-bit, Stereo

Analog Output Stage:

• ESS SABRE32 ES9028Pro DAC chip
• Balanced layout with high-quality components
• Completely redesigned analogue buffer includes audiograde output capacitor and ultra-low-noise and high dynamic range
• Discreet clock system for precision timing

Upsampling rates & bit depths:

• DSD256 upsampling option for all files
• PCM 384kHz upsampling option for all files

Digital Output Stage:

• BNC SPDIF:

  • PCM 44.1kHz–192kHz, 16–24-bit
  • DSD (DoP, DSD over PCM) 2.8MHz, 1-bit

Power Supply:

• Internal 100–240V AC auto-ranging
• Low-noise
• Shielded power supply compartment for reduced interference with delicate electronics

Physical Finish:

• Black anodised aluminium
• Raw anodised aluminium

Dimensions

• 300mm (W), 244mm (D), 60mm (H), 2.5kg
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Specification for all LUMIN music streamers

Streaming Protocol:

• UPnP AV protocol with audio streaming extension (OpenHome)
• Roon Ready
• Qobuz Connect
• TIDAL Connect
• Spotify Connect
• Plāys with Audirvāna
• AirPlay 2 compatible
• QPlay-compatible for QQMusic
• Gapless Playback
• On-Device Playlist

App Features:

• Native support for TIDAL, MQA, Qobuz, KKBox and TuneIn Radio.
• Tidal MAX and MQA icons to identify high-res music
• Qobuz high-res icons to identify high-res music
• Volume control
• High-resolution artwork
• Artwork caching
• Search
• Multiple tag handling
• Composer tag support
• Album-grouping in playlist
• Automatic internet links to artists/album/songs
• Saving and restoring of playlists (including Tidal and Qobuz)

Supported Audio File Formats:

• DSD Lossless: DSF (DSD), DIFF (DSD), DoP (DSD)
• PCM Lossless: FLAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), WAV, AIFF
• Compressed (lossy) Audio: MP3
• MQA

Input:

• Ethernet RJ45 network 1000Base-T
• USB storage, flash drive, USB hard disk (Single-partition FAT32, exFAT and NTFS only)

Analogue Audio Outputs:

• XLR balanced, 6Vrms, pin 2 Hot
• RCA unbalanced, 3Vrms

Supported Control Devices:

• Apple devices. iOS 11.0 or later (List of supported devices)
• Android devices. Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or later required
• Apple Silicon. macOS 11 or later. (Download the iOS App from the iOS App Store)
• Chromebook. Google Play Store required.

Other:

• Leedh Processing lossless digital volume control
• Programme of Continuous Development – Firmware-upgradable for further features and enhancements

This item will usually ship within 1-3 working days.

We try and keep on top of our pricing, but it's a mammoth task for one person. So, if you see this product offered cheaper elsewhere, or you are offered it for less elsewhere (proof will be required) and you feel like supporting an extremely independent retailer, do get in touch and we will do our very best to match or beat wherever we can. We can't promise to do so, as there may some extenuating circumstances where we just wouldn't be able to, but we'll always do what we can.

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