LUMIN U2 MINI TRANSPORT LAUNCHED

The Lumin U2 Mini is a ‘network transport only’ Lumin for combination with an external DAC, and the first Lumin to feature the brand’s all-new processing system.

The new faster processor provides greater resampling flexibility and there is a quad native clock system for precision timing.

Lumin U2 Mini Transport

LEEDH PROCESSING

The Lumin U2 Mini transport features Leedh Processing lossless digital volume control and is also compatible with the LUMIN Infrared Control Package.

ROON READY

The Lumin U2 Mini is Roon Ready and the streaming protocol is UPnP AV protocol with OpenHome audio streaming extension. The U2 Mini is Spotify Connect, TIDAL Connect, Qobuz, FLAC, Lossless Radio, TuneIn Radio and AirPlay compatible.  Multi-Room  is supported with Songcast and playback is gapless.

Rear panel of the Lumin U2 Mini Transport

SUPPORTED AUDIO FILE FORMATS

Supported audio file formats are as follows. DSD Lossless: DSF (DSD), DIFF (DSD), DoP (DSD). PCM Lossless: FLAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), WAV, AIFF. Compressed Audio: MP3, AAC (in M4A container) and MQA

SUPPORTED SAMPLE RATES & BIT DEPTHS

PCM, 44.1khz–768kHz, 16–32-bit, Stereo. DSD512 1-bit, Stereo

UPSAMPLING RATES & BIT DEPTHS

Upsampling and downsampling to every supported format up to DSD256/PCM384

Lumin U2 Mini Transport in black

LUMIN U2 MINI TRANSPORT APP FEATURES

The LUMIN app features include native support for TIDAL, MQA, Qobuz and TuneIn Radio. Tidal 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 CONTROL DEVICES

All models of Apple iPad (v2 or later) are supported, iOS 8.0 or later required. Full Retina Display support. For Android devices Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or later required. Apple Mac with Apple Silicone.

LUMIN U2 MINI TRANSPORT INPUTS

RJ45 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet

Shared USB ports can also be used for storage, flash drive, USB hard disk (Single-partition FAT32, exFAT and NTFS only)

DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUTS

There are five types of digital audio outputs including USB: USB: Native DSD512 support, PCM 44.1khz-768kHz, 16-32bit Optical, Coaxial RCA, Coaxial BNC & AES/EUB. SPDIF: PCM 44.1khz-192kHz, 16-24bit DSD (DoP, DSD over PCM) 2.8MHz, 1bit

Lumin U2 Mini Transport in raw silver finish

LUMIN U2 MINI TRANSPORT FINISH

The U2 Mini has a new surface finish taken from the high-end Lumin P1. Available in raw brushed aluminium and black anodised brushed aluminium.

LUMIN U2 MINI PRICE

$2390 USD or  £1895

The Lumin U2 Mini will make it’s debut at High End Munich 2022 with Lumin’s German distributor, IAD Germany.

HiFi Pig Says: A neat transport from Lumin, packed with new features including the Leedh Processing lossless digital volume control.

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