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Looks like ps audio is releasing their own streamer called the ā€˜airlensā€™ which I assume is coming soon (even if vid says out now).

Source: Why some streamers sound better - YouTube

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Excited.

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Isnā€™t the Mystique X/SE a pretty new product for them? Interesting that theyā€™re pushing hard like that on another DAC/AMP since itā€™s seems like a small company.

I remember Benjamin previously stating that Mojo was always going to roll out a (more) premium DAC than the Mystique X.

This is just my guess, but I wonder if itā€™s because they are trying to sell through dealers for the first time, and perhaps the dealers are asking for more product?

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Thereā€™s a common sales method of having a very high end premium device so it creates noise and recognition that can drive sales of the lower tier more reasonable products that attract a far wider audience. Always something to consider.

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Iā€™m all for it, I still own and enjoy the evo pro 21, would love to have a direct upgrade for it, but yes thereā€™s probably a variety of reasons for a higher end model

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He also said this:

"BTW, the pre-amp and attenuator stages on our next gen DAC will beat just about anything at any price.

I doubt youā€™re going to compare going through your existing pre vs our DAC/Pre alone and would want to go through your pre.

Thatā€™s why it is going to have two chassis and cost so much: it will have a no-compromise pre with our no-compromise DAC. This thing is likely going to weigh over 50 pounds."

Benjamin Zwickel

Owner, Mojo Audio Inc

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When it comes to product detail, the Mojo Audio web site sucks. I had no idea that the company had that broad range of DACs. Ben needs to get his as a better marketing person.

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Yeah, its good and bad. I think it is really strict to the currently available products so now just the X models. But the product details looked like it had a decent amount of points to them. Well then again for the v2s it never said spdif OR usb

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I mean I wanted to look up info on the Evo Pro 21 and thereā€™s NOTHING.

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Once its gone it is goooooone. It did look like he had pages archived as the 2xa page for the one demo unit was full fledged. A ā€œlegacy unitsā€ page would be appreciated. Especially as there are tons of X, A, M, N, O, P 1-7 variants.

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And now the video is gone. Strange :thinking:

Mini update: to be released this month

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Looks like they upgraded the U1 mini

https://www.luminmusic.com/lumin-u2-mini.html

  • Transport-only LUMIN for combination with an external DAC
  • The first LUMIN to feature our all-new processing system
  • Faster processor provides greater resampling flexibility - upsampling and downsampling to every supported format up to DSD256/PCM348 to hit your DACā€™s sweetspot
  • Increased capacity for future updates
  • New surface finish taken from the high-end P1
  • Quad native clock system for precision timing
  • 5 types of digital audio output including USB
  • MQA Decoding
  • Roon Ready
  • Leedh Processing volume control

Looks like mostly higher bitrate support and more processing for resampling

Also a silky black finish from their high end units vs the brushed it is now.

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So basically itā€™s a new processor and a new finish. Everything else is the same.

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Seems to be that way. Saves me from wanting the newer model, i dont do the resampling dance.

I own the Mini U2 since April (was quite early available in DE), but no dramatically changes to U1. Chassis foundation like they said from P1 and really solid. I donā€™t wanna open it to show inside pictures (trade it in again).

Power supply still not the best and should be replaced with usual ones (you loose warranty). I think it is not the optimal solution (have some decent cabling and tried NBS AES/EBU, as well Tiglon RCA) with the Weiss DAC501 and I go for Roon with Antipodes.

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The power supply upgrade makes a huge difference with them.

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ZMF auteur Classic & Upgrade - Friday 7/15 @ 10AM CST 3PM UTC

ZMF Cocobolo Atrium - Sunday 7/17 @ 8AM CST 1PM UTC

ZMF Stabilized and Resin (all models) - 9AM CST 1PM UTC

I love the red and black cocobolos and some of the stabilized sets are looking real trippy.

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