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Luxman L590AXii vs Accuphase E-650 for a Shindo lover

I have loved tubes all my audiophile life, but looking to pare down to a SS integrated.
These two are the only ones under consideration (not looking for other recos).

I love the Shindo sound (in an ideal world I would own a full Shindo system), rich, full, lush yet transparent with ample details and good thumping bass.

In that case which of these two amps would work best. Where I live Accuphase is 50% more expensive than the Luxman, so that is also worth considering while buying.

My speakers are Devore O/96s. Source AMR DP777
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lalitk
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“I don’t quite dig the gold finish of the Accuphase.”

Judging the book by its cover...lol!

Thanks to @t_ramey for hooking me up with E-650. It ended my pursuit and opened the gateway to heavenly sound. A perfect match for my Tannoy Canterbury’s and rest of the upstream components.
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@lalitk 

Wow, so glad you are still enjoying the E-650! I’m happy it all worked out.
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@t_ramey 

I owe you a big one! Whenever you’re in Houston, let me know. 
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I bought the Luxman L-590AXII last year and i agree with this. I own the Harbeth SHL5+ and find the Luxman/Harbeth match to be too polite and warm for my taste. I find the Naim to be a better match to the Harbeth.

i would agree with the above

harbeths like an amp to grab them by the you-know-what’s and make them sing

more efficient devores may not want/need this quality in an amp sound their best

as usual, system synergies prevail in a specific application

in general though, if someone is used to a wavac/shindo/air tight/audio note tube sound, moving to top tier solid state amplification will sense something is missing from the beauty of the music

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@jjss49 

As you said, “system synergies prevail in a specific application”

I switched from Shindo to Accuphase and fortunately do not miss the Shindo’s delicious house sound :-) 
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