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Big Sound, Compact Footprint: Meet the LUMIN D3 Who says high-end audio needs a massive footprint? The LUMIN D3 delivers true audiophile performance in a sleek, compact design. Don't let its size fool you—packed inside its streamer/DAC chassis is top-of-the-line audio engineering designed to elevate your listening experience. Plus, with LUMIN’s signature suit of versatile streaming options, seamless high-resolution playback is always at your fingertips. 👉 Read full review

HiFi+ review by Chris Frankland In the town of Healdsburg, in California’s Sonoma wine-growing region, a group of journalists from around the world gathered at the beginning of October to celebrate what promised to be a rather different sensory experience – the new Umami Black flagship cartridge from Hana, and the 55th anniversary of Excel Sound, which manufactures them. Yours truly was among them, representing hi-fi+. 👉 Read full review

This flagship Lumin model is so transparent and musical-sounding that, in a suitably revealing system, its brilliance more than justifies the decidedly upmarket price tag.

Review: Adam Smith, Lab: Paul Miller HIFI News For years the humble phono stage was a relatively uncomplicated, known quantity, but the breed has been evolving. Ayre Acoustics' PX-8 is illustrative of the trend, a modular design not only serving MM/MC pick-ups but also with options for DS Audio's optical carts [HFN Oct '24] and a fully fledged ADC board to make the digitisation of vinyl easier. 👉 Read full review

Fidelity Magazine October 2026. Harbeth speakers have been a familiar sight at hi-fi shows for decades. You might say they have accompanied me throughout my life; they have always been there. Angular in appearance and straightforward in sound, they have never left me in any doubt: this is exactly how they should look and sound – a true broadcast monitor. 👉 Read full review

LUMIN Unveils S2: Reference X1 Performance Meets Compact Single-Chassis Design LUMIN today introduced the S2, a next-generation network player engineered to deliver the sound quality of the flagship LUMIN X1 within the self-contained, CNC-Machined footprint of the T3X chassis. By adapting the reference X1 ultra-low-noise power supply—custom-shielded to fit directly inside the main housing—LUMIN eliminated the external power enclosure while maintaining exceptional signal purit