@jsqt "
At lower volumes when I am listening at night, the L-509X loses a little bit of its sparkle and depth, and I’ve found I can replace this by using my vintage Luxman CL40 as a preamp, and using the L-509X’s "Separate" setting (basically HT Bypass)."
I was following along some of your post to learn more about the 509x. I saw the statement above sometime back and it stuck as being a negative on the 509x at low volumes. You seem to contradict that statement with your post on this thread. Can you elaborate some more on the sound of the 509x at low volumes? Does the sound have most of the freq response to it or do you lose something when the volume is turned down. How about the imaging? I notice that in my bedroom integrated (Peachtree Nova 150 the imaging gets a little off at the lowest volumes.)
The Mark Levinson 585 was one amp that I have heard that was able to keep the freq response even at low volumes. Another integrated I have not heard yet, the Lyngdorf 3400 is also supposed to be great at low volumes.
I was following along some of your post to learn more about the 509x. I saw the statement above sometime back and it stuck as being a negative on the 509x at low volumes. You seem to contradict that statement with your post on this thread. Can you elaborate some more on the sound of the 509x at low volumes? Does the sound have most of the freq response to it or do you lose something when the volume is turned down. How about the imaging? I notice that in my bedroom integrated (Peachtree Nova 150 the imaging gets a little off at the lowest volumes.)
The Mark Levinson 585 was one amp that I have heard that was able to keep the freq response even at low volumes. Another integrated I have not heard yet, the Lyngdorf 3400 is also supposed to be great at low volumes.