Luphonic R2 Turntable

High End Munich 2024 is formally within the books, however our protection continues onward. We shall be posting on-site video experiences and multi-part present experiences within the days to come back — however as we speak, we check out Luphonic’s R2 turntable. The R2 is the German producer’s just-introduced, extra reasonably priced various to their top-tier R3 mannequin.

Luphonic Labs was based in Linden in central Hesse, Germany in the beginning of 2020. At High End Munich, they had been positioned in Hall 3, Stand P15, whereby they firm was displaying and demo’ing quite a few their turntables and tonearms alike. (The R3 was demo’ed in Room E121, A4.1.)

The Luphonic R2 is a belt-driven turntable outfitted with the corporate’s personal K2 gimbal-mounted 9.5in tonearm (seen under), and the desk’s rotating tonearm base can accommodate arms between 9in and 12in. The desk’s sub-chassis drive consists of two layers of extremely polished, white strong floor materials, separated by a layer of vibration-damping mobile rubber.

The R2 desk measures 44 x 12 x 35cm (w/h/d), weighs 10kg, and is provided with height-adjustable ft. Like the R2’s chassis, its 24mm platter is fabricated from strong floor materials, and is alleged to “assure detailed replica because of its low-resonance, homogeneous construction.”

The R2’s synchronous motor is mounted on the decrease layer, individually from the platter bearing and tonearm. It is managed by motor electronics developed in-house at Luphonic — with which, the corporate states, each the amplitude and the part shift of the 2 sine waves are individually tailored to the built-in motor. This is alleged to “guarantee an especially quiet and low-vibration drive.”

The R2 desk affords 33⅓rpm and 45rpm playback choices electronically selectable by way of the puck management. An LED show supplies details about the chosen velocity and different parameters.

The SRP for the Luphonic R2 turntable is €3,690. For comparability, the flagship R3 desk has an SRP of €4,290 with out tonearm, €4,990 with the K2 9in tonearm, and €5,290 with the K2 12in arm. The K2 tonearm itself is obtainable individually for €990 for the 9in model, and €1,290 for the 12in model.

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