The LUMIN U2 is a truly wonderful player > Soundstage Australia

Lumin is an offshoot of Pixel Magic Systems Ltd of Hong Kong, a privately-held electronics equipment manufacturer founded in 2003 to create home theatre and home audio products. Lumin was created in 2013 to design and manufacture network players, network transports, network amplifiers and network music servers. It has been quite prolific and has launched many products that, without fail, have been accepted very quickly by audio enthusiasts around the world. People talk of Lumin whenever they talk of high-end music servers/players. The product in focus this time is the brand new Lumin U2 Network Transport.

Conclusion
It does need at least 300+ hours to sound its best. If you want to take one home to trial in your system, then make sure it has the requisite number of hours on it. Otherwise, you won’t really be hearing how good it really is.
I believe the U2 is designed and built to be a mid-tier high-end transport. If you want to hear everything on a recording in a more illuminated and vibrant spatial soundscape, then perhaps you need to look a bit higher up the Lumin product line. That is not meant to be taken as “damning with faint praise”. It’s just the reality of what compromises must be introduced at different price points. It’s inescapable, it’s all a matter of degrees.
The Lumin U2 is a truly wonderful player. I doubt there are many if any transports out there at a comparable price that would best it. It needs to be on your short list when you go listening for that new transport. Highly recommended.
… Tom Waters, Soundstage Australia, July 2023

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