The Luxman PD-151 Mk2 is a current-production, belt-drive integrated turntable. It has been described as a new benchmark for the category, which is a fairly bold claim for a company that first made its name in the 1920s as a picture-frame shop before moving into audio. The Mk2 differs from its predecessor, the PD-151A, in the tonearm. It's newly equipped with Luxman's original static-balance LTA-309, an S-shaped arm using knife-edge bearing technology developed by SAEC. The arm has an effective length of 222.5mm with an 18mm overhang, and mounts an H4 bayonet headshell, so it's compatible with Luxman's own LMC-5 cartridge.
The rest of the design follows the modern Luxman turntable formula. The platter is a 4kg piece precision machined from an aluminum billet, with a diamond-cut finish. It's driven by a low-speed, high-torque DC brushless motor through an unusually wide belt. Speed is handled by a PID feedback control loop. A visual indicator reads solid green at correct speed, blinking green when slow, and blinking blue when fast. The top panel is 10mm of hairline-finished aluminum, and the chassis uses a damped, underslung hanging method, with heavy components mounted beneath the top plate. The bearing is a PEEK-lubricated thrust design with a brass radial bearing filled with organic molybdenum oil. Speeds are 33⅓, 45, and 78 rpm, with ±6% pitch control. The insulator feet offer up to 5mm of independent height adjustment.
Current dealer pricing runs from around €3,599 for an "as new" example in the Netherlands to $7,499 in the US, with UK listings around £4,599 ex-demo. One forum owner on *Needles & Grooves* reported picking one up at a deep discount on the Japanese used market and loving it, noting it's the latest model. A hifi-forsale.co.uk listing described its tonearm as "just back from full rewire and service," which suggests the LTA-309 is serviceable by specialists. The fact sheet notes that no production years, original introduction date, or detailed technical specs like S/N ratio or output level are documented in the available record. No independent magazine reviews surfaced in research either. The source text was also truncated at one point, so some details may be missing from the archive rather than from the product itself.
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