The Lumin T3 Streamer, DAC, & Preamplifier Review

Tom Martin reviews the Lumin T3, detailing it's digital domain volume control through LEEDH processing, it's competitive price point, and more...

Newsletter: https://hifiplus.com/newsletter
Magazine: https://pocketmags.com/us/hi-fi-plus-...

LEEDH Processing TAS article: https://theabsolutesound.substack.com...
LEEDH Processing white paper: https://www.processing-leedh.com/copi...

Note that the T3 can, in addition to Ethernet streaming, support hard drive or USB files as an input (certain formatting restrictions apply).

Babylon Sisters analysis: https://strongsongspodcast.com/search...

Some details of the Steely Dan ‘Gaucho’ recording sessions. From the recording dates (1978-1980) you would guess this is recorded to analog tape, and this seems to confirm it. Which may be why the high-res stream is so good:
http://www.stevekhan.com/gaucho_steel...

About Tom Martin:
Tom is a long-time audiophile. He began his reviewing career after acquiring the The Absolute Sound magazine in 1997 and then hi-fi+ magazine in 2002. He has worked closely with Harry Pearson and Robert Harley at TAS and with Roy Gregory and Alan Sircom at hi-fi+. Since Tom and his teams expanded the TAS and Plus platforms in the digital domain, he has served as Chief Content Officer.

What is hi-fi+?
hi-fi+ magazine has been a pioneer in the global audio market since the early 1990s. Since the mid-2000s, hi-fi+ has progressively expanded its platforms to include web, newsletter, digital magazine, social media and YouTube. With a focus on high-performance, high-design audio, hi-fi+ serves a global audience of over 300,000 audiophiles.

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