Lumin U2 MINI Digital Transport/Streamer

“Lumin U2 Mini passes a digital music signal through its input, innards, and output without imparting any discernible fingerprint. Just like an ice bullet—by the time music comes out of the speakers, there’s no trace of the Lumin to be found. Poof!”

— MICHAEL LAVORGNA, TWITTERING MACHINES

A Roon Ready, MQA-capable streamer with AES, BNC, coax, optical, and USB digital outputs

Lumin’s new entry-level streamer, the U2 MINI is the first Lumin to feature an updated all-new processing system. A faster processor provides greater resampling flexibility,  – upsampling and downsampling to every supported format up to DSD256/PCM348 to hit your DAC’s sweet spot. A quad native system clock ensures an ultra-low jitter performance. 

As with all Lumin’s it offers a lossless digital volume control, allowing your DAC to be connected straight into power amps, no preamp needed if you don’t have multiple sources. The Leedh volume was issued as an over-air update for all Lumin’s the sound quality of this patented digital process has led to many audiophiles ditching their preamps.

Specifications

Playback Resolution: Up to DSD512, up to 768 kHz, 32-bit PCM, MQA Decoding

Digital Output 
USB: DSD512, 44.1–768 kHz, 16–32-bit
Optical, Coaxial RCA, Coaxial BNC, AES/EBU: DSD64 (DoP, DSD over PCM), PCM 44.1kHz–192kHz, 16–24-bit

Power Supply: Internal shielded 100–240V AC auto-ranging

Dimensions (WDH): 11.8″ x 9.6″ x 2.4″ (300 x 244 x 60 mm)

Weight: 5.5 lb (2.5 kg)