Vintage Luxman receivers

Luxman’s gear has always performed well, but their vintage gear from the 70s is much more sought after than their gear in the 80s. In the early 80s Tim de Paravicini already walked away from designing for Luxman, and Alpine bought them, and they no longer reigned. But the gear was still pretty good. $5 is a steal for the unit you got. 

When I first started out, Luxman was my starting point, and I recapped a number of their integrateds and amps, including the Luxman L-450, L-80V, L-85V (which i still have), and the M-300. The L-85 and M-300 are very good if able to restore. 

Congratulations on your purchase!

Bought a perfect condition Luxman R-104 at a garage sale today for 5 bucks!

Yes, Great deal!

I bought new in 1977 two Luxman B-12 monoblock amps and a Luxman C-12 preamp I paid $2000 for the two amps and preamp back then. I had them for more then thirty years before I sold them. Boy they did sound nice driving my JBL 4435's.😎

Mike

http://www.thevintageknob.org/luxman-B-12.html

http://www.thevintageknob.org/luxman-C-12.html

Does the new Luxman stuff have the same basic sound signature as the old stuff?