Luxman L-590AX


Hello!

Can someone please explain how this AMP sounds? I have never heard it, but some people says this amp has an analog and warm tube sound. Is this correct?
Is this amp great if I play many bad recordings and hard rock music? Many amps are too clinical, harsh, "hifi-correct" to my taste.

If anyone have heard L-590AX compared to f.example McIntosh MA7000 or MA8000, I would be glad to hear the difference in the sound. Is the sound very different?

Thanks!
rockpanther
Hi Rockpanther,

From what you describe here, I think this amp would be perfect for you...
I had a home demo of the 590ax last year and was rocking recordings I had not been compelled to listen to in a while. Megadeath, Black Sabbath, etc. it was definitely a warm and round sound and forgiving to bad recordings. The mosfet device class A design will hide (for lack of a better word) the last little details in music but that lends itself to bad recordings and turning it up to rock out, IMO... I loved it for hard rock music in particular.

I did not purchas it because my speakers and my DAC are already a touch warm, so I went for a much more expensive Accuphase Integrated. But the Luxman did exactly what you are asking.
Have you compared L-590AX to fexample McIntosh MA7000? or NAD M3? Or Electrocompaniet amps? I know these amps, and I wonder is L-590AX much more forgiving of bad recordings than these amps? Or is it very little difference? I have never heard class A amps...
I am planning to use L-590AX with Tannoy DC10T. Anyone heard that combo? Will it sound harsh on bad recordings?