John Darko 
Itâs really hard to discuss advantages by looking at the chip alone. Itâs really the implementation within the unit that matters. A talented engineering team can make a unit with an older chip sound better than a mediocre team armed with a newer chip can because the chip alone is only one piece of the puzzle.
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AKM factory was burned down in a fire unfortunately. All new designs would have to use something else.
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And I can confirm that Luminâs MQA implementation must be pretty darn good, as the format sounds fantastic on my T2.
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Hi @wklie , I have now a Trinnov ST2 Hifi for the moment connected in a loop to my ATC SCA2 preamp. So reconverting analogue to digital to analogue.
I would like to connect the BNC output of my LumĂŻn T2 to the AES/EBU input of the Trinnov.
I have a doubt on the Neutrik adaptor to buy: male or female ( it looks the same to me!) . Would this fit directly on the back of the T2 please?
Below links and pictures of the adaptors and back of the equipments.
I think youâre going to need cables between the adapter and your gear on BOTH ends.
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XLR on the adapter should be male, because the adapter cable will be female <â> male.
On BNC youâll on both sides the same.
By the way: I would compare, if the analogue connection isnât better, also in using MQA, DSD,âŚ
Great thanks @Burkhardt_Petermann and @Strojo!
I will try with the following cables and the BNC-M adaptor.
I will experiment indeed what is best for SQ in various configurations. For instance currently I am up sampling everything from Roon to DSD512 which cannot be handled directly by the Trinnov.
Ease of use will remain important because the T2 is used by the whole family, mainly for Spotify. I am the only one interested in the complications of using Roon.
The LumĂŻn T2 is making my top notch stereo system easily available for everybody in the house. I am grateful to the company/product for this.
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Lumin BNC output plug is female.
The neutrik images look confusing, but I think Iâve found the reason why. They both have female BNC connectors. The male / female designation refers only to the XLR connector.
If Iâm not mistaken, youâd need a male to male 75 ohm BNC cable, and an appropriate AES cable depending on which Neutrik variant you get. If you go with BNC-M, I think you need a typical male to female AES cable. In any case, youâd need to double check this.
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Hi Peter,
Iâve been reading some Lumin T2 threads and elsewhere and Iâm confused about the low and volume normal setting.
I run xlr from my t2 to Jc5 (Parasound). Do you have an idea for what I should set it at?
Thanks
Try Analog Output Level Low first (i.e. 2V XLR output). If it delivers the volume you need for the most quiet recording you have, then itâs fine.
If that does not deliver enough volume for your setup, then set it back to Normal, and adjust Max Volume % based on your most quiet recording as needed.
Thank you Peter.
So the max volume level is what confused me the most , so Iâm glad you brought it up.
If on Nirmal setting, if I lower the max volume level from 100 to 90 , do I have more volume steps or less to reach max? (Something about the percantage Iâve seen you calculate in other threads, hope this makes a little sense)
You always have configurable 0-100 steps, only that it is scaled to a lower level.
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Ok thanks for clearing that up