Is Luxman a poor man's D'Agostino ?

No

G

I posted this in a few threads.

I find with Wilson’s the sound of the two is much more similar than not. Perhaps with different speakers this would not be as true.

When I suggest people listen to a variety of amps, I do lump D’Agostino and Luxman in one camp, with Ayre and Pass in their own. The 3 camps make a nice survey of modern SS amp sounds.

Best,

e

Two different beasts from what I read, both with nice bling factors.

Different solutions, both good. I like tubes and tinkering with amplifiers a bit, so I have a Luxman CL1000 preamplifier linked to ARC 250 SE monoblocks. I tried the Momentum and Luxman M900u amplifiers - too SS for my tastes, but hey, there is no ideal solution for every person.

So it's both yes and no, that's fun.
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