Luxman T-2 (1977)
The Luxman T-2 is a digital-synthesis FM/AM stereo tuner from 1977, part of the company's push into more affordable separates during the late 1970s. It uses a quartz-lock digital synthesizer tuning system with 16 FM presets. That was a forward-looking feature for the time - most tuners in this price class were still using analog dials and manual tuning. The T-2 also offers single-step tuning. The front panel has the classic Luxman look of the era: clean, purposeful, and built to a high standard.
It's a substantial piece of gear for a tuner, measuring 440 x 165 x 303 mm and weighing 7.5 kg. The chassis is solid. An optional wooden case was available for anyone who wanted it to look more like furniture.
High Fidelity (January 1977, p.35) covered the T-2 in its consumer's guide section, noting the mono/auto switching and muting controls among its features — a reminder that even a digital tuner of this vintage still carried the manual conveniences listeners expected.
The unit has a DIN input and a DIN output, which fits the European-influenced connector standards Luxman often used. The parts count inside is modest: 12 transistors and 20 diodes. The FM tuning range is standard for the era at 87.5-108 MHz.
Little is documented about the T-2's measured performance. No sensitivity, THD, or signal-to-noise figures appear in the surviving record, and no original price has been confirmed. Finding one today with documentation is uncommon.
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