LUMIN U2X Reviews

6moons have published their LUMIN U2X review, describing it as "perfectionist hifi done right"

During the review Frederic Beudot states:

...once you latch onto what U2X brings to the table, it's unmistakable.

It was about how more real and tactile the presentation became.

If you are sensitive to microdynamics and inner detail, U2X rewards those sensibilities better than any other streamer I've heard thus far.

Worth the money? If your goal is reference-class digital playback, absolutely.

Lumin's U2X is perfectionist hifi done right. That's clearly not for everyone. But for those who listen and care, it could be the next step they didn't know was even possible.

Award for U2X!

Stereonet have published their LUMIN U2X review presenting it with their 'Applause' award and describing it as "an astoundingly good streamer"!

During the review Eric Teh states:

This is a strikingly realistic-sounding streamer, one that delivers a holographic portrayal of instruments and voices.

There’s an enjoyable fluidity to its nature that is musical, non-fatiguing, and yet highly resolving.

The Lumin U2x is an astoundingly good streamer. It has a beguilingly fluid sound that draws you in and keeps you hooked with its natural and realistic reproduction of music.

This is digital audio close to its absolute finest.

Award for U2X!

Diapason Magazine have published their U2X review, presenting it with their D'Or award!

During the review they state:

with an undeniable honesty in the reproduction that results in a high-resolution representation of each file, as if you were upgrading a 2K image to a 4K one.

If we were to describe this sound by its dimension, it would be by pushing the dial very far, with infinite nuances combined with an energy that is not artificially inflated, evolving without constraint, with a clarity that compels one to enter into the music rather than the more or less convincing reception of disparate sounds. At this level, every detail influences the impression of approaching a global artistic truth

Stimulating and exciting

Award for U2X!

Hi-Fi News have published their fantastic review of LUMIN U2X presenting it with their coveted 'Outstanding Product' award!

Paul Miller also performs lab tests with U2X vs PC with various DACs (see PDF for graphs).

During the review Andrew Everards states:

Lumin’s U2X gave no doubts of its abilities. Music was simply more clear-cut when comparing it to lesser transport devices, the sound gaining substance and definition, and that all-important sense of ‘rightness’.

Well, it’s certainly apparent that the levels of optimisation brought to bear here are something the digital deniers would have you believe can’t make any difference. And yet it has paid off, with the effects clearly noticeable even with the simplest of DACs

superb build quality, and clear and simple operation via the company’s well sorted app

U2X clearly proves itself as an ideal source for an optimised, forward-looking digital music system.

Award for U2X!

i-Fidelity have presented LUMIN U2X with their 'Reference' award.

During their thorough review, they conduct tests with native vs upsampling, copper vs fibre network and 10M clock vs Femto with André Schwerdt stating:

a sound stage that, at least in front of me, knows no boundaries. This extends far beyond the actual speaker positions and amazes with its distinctly free-floating performance. Great!

[vs Cat6] the fibre optic solution offers more in every respect: the stage presentation becomes significantly wider, as if the curtains were opened a little further in the cinema before the film started. The sound image gains airiness, appears brighter in timbre and sounds clearer throughout.

Even straight out of the shipping box, the U2X sounds superb! Or, to put it more technically correctly: this best network transport from Lumin delivers the audio data in such exquisite, perfectly processed and thus absolutely flawless quality that the high-end components that follow it can sound superb.

Lumin U2X makes it possible to set up a stable, top-class digital audio data supplier within a few minutes. On the other hand, the brand's best streaming transport to date offers extremely exciting potential for use, customisation and fine-tuning thanks to its open design, extensive features and superb sound quality that clearly communicates every optimisation.

High Fidelity Magazine have published their review of our flagship streaming transport — U2X.

During the review Wojciech Pacuła states:

There's a great inner peace and tangibility to the sound, and a very wide soundscape. Everything is in its right place.

...sounds remain connected, flowing smoothly and seamlessly into one another...

the new Lumin transport is excellent, make no mistake about it.