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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

excellent!  happy listening!

ps - what speakers?
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^^^^Tannoy’s Canterbury Gold Reference.
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very cool

i would think the tube bloom would have been even more prominent on high efficiency models like your tannoys, even though the accuphase does have about as bloomy a midrange and midbass as solid state can offer


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That’s the brilliance of Accuphase pure class A, you get to enjoy the tube bloom and virtues of SS without the hassle of NOS tubes procurement and maintenance :-) 
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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.

I am aware the Accuphase E650 is an excellent unit and is capable of sounding better than the Luxman L-590AXII in the right system, speaker synergy and preferences etc. After all the E650 is almost double the price of the L-590AXII in the US.

My comment on the gold /champagne finish of the Accuphase is a personal preference on the aesthetics part of it, nothing else. Sound quality wise I am aware the Accuphase is stellar.
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