you should buy instead a spectral audio amplifier

@@matt65top lolz

Amazing Review! Would be really interesting if you could review the T+A HV series. I heard both a Luxman Integrated and a T+A HV Integrated and the T+A was miles ahead.

How about the top of the line Lumin amp Jay, have you compared it too? it's in a similar price range... thanks

Jay, #1) you get the best from this stack in combination with the c900u preamp. #2) the price doubles when you get it from a North American dealer. I got the stack new in Japan at a price you wouldn't believe!

How is it possible to find so many second-hand units on the market if it such a gem? 😀

@@markpri9759 I've personaly regretted selling what many folk deem as "gems" My last "gem sell" regret was a Luxman PD444 DD t/table that can hold 2 tonearms simultaniously one 12" incher with an upto 10 inch arm, i only used one arm on it, a 12" SME although i could have put a spare 9" inch Alphason Xenon or another of my decent spare tonearms on tho i had no reason to ....BUT when I shortly afterwards discovered the wonders of a true mono (AT33) cartridge on mono L.P.'s. ...i truly regreted selling that beautifully built massive Luxman t/t. It got me £1250 on e/Bay (it may still be under old auctions on e/Bay, i am the "Ban28" seller of it) it was in mint condition as if new last year, ...shortly after, a Japanese seller got £1850 for the same model that was tatty & clearly nowhere near mint condition. I still metaphorically kick my ass for selling it now as I run 2 t/tables just to avoid flaffing about changing cartridges for my mono & stereo albums. It would have been ideal but it was too late. I even rang the guy who bought mine & was ready to buy it back for £1500 but no joy, they are rare as hen's teeth to even see them s/h. Some folk rush into buying gems in all price brackets & sell them later at a loss because of a myriad of reasons, maybe they rushed to buy a gem without thinking & now need the money to pay their mortgage, i sold my PD444 because I thought I'll never need to run 2 arms at once. Many years before, I sold my Ming-da 805 S.E. triode monoblocks as they didn't match my e/stats i had & thought i'd keep, they got me only £600 but a year later I stumbled into a cheap S/H pair of very efficient vintage 15" Tannoys that floored my e/stats & the S.E. triode 805 monobloks I sold were gems & would have suited them a treat & i kicked my ass for selling them, Gems turn up for many convoluted reasons if you keep your eyes open for them. Now I don't sell my post-upgrade equipment if they are beyond a level of decency, so ive a spare room with stashed equipment that I often have to go back to, like when one of my 15" Tannoys died about ten months back, now I run 1989 made post-upgrade Cellestion 3000 ribbon hybrids, stand-mount gems in their price-bracket, full height 17" or 19" (can't be bothered to measure them) inch ribbons that go down from 35'Khz to a bass/mid at 900'Hz, I learnt my lesson & they do very well for now. Sorry for such a long reply but that know-all cheeky smiley face that implied "gems" never get sold s/h needed addressing.

@@markpri9759 A lot of people who buy this type of gear trade out often. They are chasing the sound dragon.

What speakers do you use?

Polk audio

Thanks Dana! That’s sweet of you to say

Nice comment ................even a correct restored L30 sings...........and it is beautyfull , no plastic knobs .............SQ507X and 505X are still making great music and are intemporal pieces of art to look at. And the old 107Du ( serviced ) with its wooden side panelsstill makes listening a ...pleasure.....

Accuphase is nothing special, luxman is and I’m a gryphon owner.

I see and hear in color too.

On which Speakers where you able to compare 2 m900us vs Stereo? Could you Point out more Detail what changed going to mono Mode.

​@@AudiolandCHI would assume there to be nearly no difference, if not none at all.

Are you talking about McIntosh tube amps when you say veiled? Because the solid states ones appears to have dead flat frequency response and in most cases enough power to launch a space shuttle, regardless when they were made (excluding the really old ones of course). Which would mean well flat. Veiled and mushy implies rolled off treble and/or boosted bass.

I demo'd the Accuphase E5000 integrated and found it to be too analytical and "lifeless not engaging" whereas the McIntosh MA12000 was so much more musical and engaging, a real winner for me so I bought one just the other day.

Magnepans are not low impedance speakers I have 4 sets including the Tympani for years. .. They are more friendly on amps than most cone systems. They are a resistive load to an amp. This myth that they are hard in amps is just that myth. There are realistically very few really hard to drive speakers on the market to speak off. The kappa 9 dips to 0.8ohm The kappa 8 dips to 1.3 ohm The apogee scintilla around 1 or less too.. There are a very few that do it, and they are all from long forgotten era speakers

For Magnepan check out Sanders Magtech amps

@@MichelLinschotensince when are magnepans not hard to drive? Just because other speakers are worse doesn’t mean they aren’t bad. Love my Maggie’s and I’m not rich so they are hard to drive at the price point I can afford.

Hence the First Watt company started on that principal.

I have the same amp and it is just lovely ❤!

I just picked up the bigger brother 590axII. Had McIntosh for 8 years prior but this Luxman was a game changer. Use to get listening fatigue with the McIntosh gear, not the Luxman, they have been discontinued so future classic for sure. This is my last intergraded. 😎

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Which Luxman did you hear? Can't imagine thinking the midrange of the 900u sounds muddy, but I did feel that way about the 505u and 550axii.

I wonder what the difference is in sound between running the C-900 vs CL-1000?

Hmm.... Now _that_ looks like something I could afford in the near future. :)

I am, too, head over heels with my L-590 AxII. I couldn’t imagine anything better for use with my Bowers and Wilkins 805 D3’s. WFH, so the system is in use 12-16 hours per day. My only complaint is that it throws off my thermostat, which is in the same room. Enjoy!

I am also curious to learn/hear how the M-10x sounds especially against the Class A stuff like 590/595/m800 etc... I am still in the market as I feel my 595 is lacking some power and control for the sucking Dyns heritage special - its all synergy nevertheless congrats to Jay for getting one of those dream machines

Thanks man. Not sure. It was a gift, a replacement for the first leather jacket that my grandfather bestowed down to me. I unfortunately wore it to the ground and it looks like this ones nearing its end as well - I know it looks fine but… falling off in the insides haha

2 excellent makes no doubt. Pass, Bryston and Accuphase also worthy of a look as well. Also have heard good things about Bricasti and Nagra amps as well.

How many times have we not hear him making comment like these?

Yeap. All 3 reviewed Luxman among other high-end amps and they all picked this one regardless of price. Also just happened to run across the opportunity to buy one as soon as I started looking for one. Seems far fetched but that’s what happened

Money does not determine the ear of the listener nor the sound of said product. Only when you listen to it yourself in a blind test can you truly determine whether of not you like a product.

For sure. For some they can’t even justify $200 for audio. Each to their own haha

It’s a curse to be poor with the taste of kings. At least that has been my experience, but living vicariously through Jay et al. helps.

It took me 40 years to acquire my dream system, keep the dream alive and maybe one day. 🤓

Aluminum can be very expensive that's for sure.