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Accuphase e800 or luxman m900u for sonus faber olympica nova 3

Hi all
Currently I have an aw250R electrocompainet equipment and I pre-loaded 4.8 mk2 with some sonus faber olympica nova 3 and I am thinking of improving my amplification.
I like the accuphase E800 and the luxman 900 preamp and stage.
They offer me the C900 exdemo at a good price, about 8000 Eur and giving my previous would stay at € 6750, they offer me very little for my previous when it is not a year old, it is practically new and costs 3 times more, you think it is worth it the change.
The idea was to take the previous luxman and leave the electrocompainet stage for a while until we could go through the luxman stage.
I would also value other brands that you would recommend if with this I make a leap in quality, I have also looked at pass, I do not know the model, but it may not go wrong with my boxes.
I appreciate your opinion, I have to make a decision soon.

Thanks a lot
Greetings to all
vini234
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riaa_award_collectors_on_facebook
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I know MANY people who had the Accuphase E 800 including Myself. The same people also have the Luxman M900....in all cases the Accuphase was Sold and the Luxman was kept. What does that tell you???
Accuphase in my opinion excels at female vocals and lightweight stuff. It certainly dont Rock!!  Luxman is far and away the better all around amp. You can ask several other people on this forum about a comparison between the 2 (GreginNH, Jaysaudiolab, Joeinid) Can probably come up with another name or 2 once my brain starts working this morning
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lak
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@mastering92, have you heard both the Accuphase E 800 and the Luxman M900, or are you making an educated guess, just wondering?
mastering92
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Yup.
You are all free to share your opinions.
Not here to argue. 
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twoleftears
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OP: when evaluating all advice given by all posters, I recommend you take a look at all the posters' systems pages.
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lalitk
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+1, @twoleftears

When you evaluate people’s opinion here, keep in mind Luxman is a popular choice in the USA due to lower price point compared to Accuphase. So, many here either can’t afford Accuphase or see a better value in buying Luxman new or used.

I personally prefer Accuphase slightly warm sumptuous sound over Luxman. Luxman is more neutral and that may not be a good pairing for your SF’s. Just my .02 cents.
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