9/5/2023 0 Comments Lumin audioVolume is then controlled from the Lumin app - or, if you use the T2 as a Roon endpoint, from the Roon app. With its 32-bit digital volume control, the T2 can be connected directly to a power amp or to a set of active or powered speakers - which is how I used it. During my testing, I had no problems at all streaming from my iPhone SE and iPad Mini via AirPlay, or from the Mac Mini in my home office via Roon. The T2 also supports Apple AirPlay and Spotify Connect, and is Roon Ready. In addition to TuneIn Internet Radio, the T2 has clients for Qobuz, Spotify, and Tidal - with Tidal, it can perform MQA core decoding and hardware rendering. If your router is in a different room from the T2, you can do as I did and connect it to a Wi-Fi access point. ![]() To connect the player to your home network, you have to run a network cable from its Gigabit Ethernet port to your network router. The T2 does not have built-in Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. The T2 has a fully balanced analog stage, and a redesigned, ultra-low-noise output buffer derived, Lumin says, from its flagship network player, the X1 ($13,999). Using the Lumin app, listeners can configure the T2 to upsample PCM and DSD streams. Employing two ESS ES9028PRO Sabre DACs in dual-mono configuration, the T2 has maximum resolutions of 32/384 PCM and DSD512. The T2’s maximum output resolutions are 32-bit/384kHz PCM and DSD512 via USB, or 24/192 and DSD64 for BNC S/PDIF.Īs Lumin offers network transports for listeners who want a DACless streamer, I’m sure the vast majority of people who buy a T2 will use its analog outputs, either balanced (XLR) or unbalanced (RCA). There’s also a BNC S/PDIF port for digital output. A USB port on the rear panel can be used for connecting an external USB drive, or for connecting the T2 to an external DAC. It has no analog inputs, no S/PDIF inputs for connecting source components such as CD transports, no USB inputs for connecting a computer. The T2 is intended strictly for network playback. That’s a lot of information, but the display doesn’t look at all busy, and it’s readable from several feet away. At the center, a rectangular OLED screen shows Now Playing information: track name at top, artist name below that, file format and resolution at bottom, track number at right, and elapsed time at far right. The back-raked, matte-finished front panel bows gracefully outward. In both finishes, the machined top and side panels have been treated to achieve an elegant grained effect. My review sample was finished in brushed, black-anodized aluminum raw brushed aluminum is also available. Measuring 13.8”W x 2.4”H x 13.6”D and weighing 13.2 pounds, the T2 projects an aura of minimalist luxury fully in keeping with its premium price. ![]() However, I think you’ll find the effort worth your while. Depending on your system configuration, that could be a little challenging. Getting the T2 on to your home network is a piece of cake - but to play files, you also have to configure a network drive so that the T2 can see its contents. You might have to do a little work to make this happen convenience doesn’t always take care of itself. If that’s not convenient, I don’t know what is! The T2 can play all your downloaded and ripped music files, as well as lossless and hi-rez music from Tidal and Qobuz, under control of an app running on an iOS or Android device. Lumin’s new T2 network music player ($4500, all prices USD) combines a high-resolution DAC and network streamer in one case. Do you have to be a propeller-head to enjoy Simplifi’d hi-fi? The question might seem nonsensical, but when you think about this site’s mandate - to cover “convenient, lifestyle-oriented audio” - it makes a perverse kind of sense, and the product reviewed here illustrates my point.
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