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Luxman Taking a Different Direction

Luxman's parent company has decided to terminate the relationship with its current US distributor, On a Higher Note.  It will be interesting to see what they decide to do in terms pricing, distribution and promotion of the brand.  Clearly, they have their work cut out for them given the scattered past of this brand - especially in North America.

For those of you who don't know Philip O'Hanlon, the owner of On a Higher Note, he is an extremely "colorful" individual with a passion for music and high-fidelity equipment.  He represents many other lines so I am sure he is dealing with this quite well.  Nonetheless - he put 10 years into promoting Luxman in the states. 
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greginnh OP
382 posts
 
Yes, the D-06 is great unit. I owned a D-06U for a couple of years and I was very pleased with it.  Have since upgraded to an Esoteric K-01X.
linnlingo
173 posts
 
My dealer is picking up Luxman again. He had long waits for product to arrive for his customers. Some up to 6 months. Also there will be a drop in price on some of the higher end products. This looks like a positive move. 
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greginnh OP
382 posts
 
Prices needed to drop as the importer was not doing the brand any favors.  My selling dealer dropped the line due to frustrations associated with long wait times etc. Hopefully the new distributor will actually stock a good number of units.  
mgrissom
10 posts
 
I recently purchased a Luxman L-507ux and don't know how I could be more pleased. I did not want the class A amps because I was afraid of the heat as I use my amp with my tv and entertainment system as well as with my turntable and CD player. So it is used for a few hours every day.
The amp just sounds better and better the more I use it and it works so well with my TV, OPPO-105 DVD/CD player,  Turntable cartridge set up and speakers. The better the source the better it sounds. 
I was previously using a YBA Passion which I really liked but this Luxman sounds better to me in many ways. (At first it did not. For the first few days I used it I thought I had made a big mistake.) Now that I think it is broken in it is cleaner, quieter, has deeper and better controlled bass, is more dynamic, and a clearer mid-range. Voices are easier to understand. I really like this integrated amp! I also like the features and believe they are intelligently incorporated. I hope Luxman thrives here in the US as I believe they have a really good product. Now the only thing I am thinking about upgrading is my phono cartridge but the one I got sounds pretty good so I'm just enjoying things the way they are. I don't have any affiliation with Luxman I am just a very happy owner. I did not expect this Integrated Amplifier to be this good. 
Associated equipment:
OPPO 105 DVD multi format player.
RPM turntable with SME 4.5i arm, Grado Signature Cartridge; Cardes Golden Cross Interconnect.
VMPS RM30 Series II speakers with all the latest upgrades.
Goertz speaker wire
Homemade Beldon cable interconnects.



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