L2 would replace the U2, no?
U2 is a streaming transport that will match perfectly with L2 together. I will reduce two switches and remove the SSD too.
This was what I told my wife, but she did not bite at all.
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If I needed wife buy in I would have a swell boombox. Detachable speakers and two cassette players.
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I like your wife.
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Thanks, Scott.
I’m actually heading off in another direction, but it won’t be available for a few months. Should be rather nice when it comes in.
This is the one and only who would throttle you in your sleep should you purchase additional speakers, hmmm. 
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Just received and installed the L2 in my system; it was an instant upgrade. Music flows more easily and with greater separation and detail compared to my previous setup listed below. I agree with Wojciech Pacula (High Fidelity, Poland) who said it works best as a combined library and switch. Keeping everything within the Lumin ecosystem (I have an X1) has tangible benefits. Chris Connaker of Audiophile Style came to the same conclusion.
Prior to using the L2 as a switch, I had an etherRegen switch with an attached AfterDark OCXO clock with digital filter and digital cable and linear power supply. All that is now gone.
I was also accessing my stored music via a Synology NAS and, as a secondary approach, SSDs inside a Roon NUC.
I’m using all the network ports on the L2: fiber from my router and fiber to the X1. The RJ45 connections are to the Roon NUC and a TV.
Now, I mainly use the JPlay for iOS app to play music through my X1, specifically Tidal streaming and stored music on two 2TB Samsung SSDs that I installed without a hitch. I rarely use my Roon setup, preferring it primarily for music discovery.
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Congrats! Good to know L2 made improvement over U2. It was high on my list of upgrades to pair with U2, and now I don’t even have U2 anymore. How soon thing has changed.
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Welcome!
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