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New Luxman 507Z

MusicDirect has communicated that the new Luxman 507Z will retail for $8995. The  prior model, the 507uXII was $6495. I appreciate that Covid has driven up the price of goods coming from Asia (cost of containers) and that inflation may have some impact but this is pretty steep.

Does anyone know if there are significant technical or feature improvements to justify a nearly 40% price increase?

goethe58
letoilep
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Crazy, can not afford this. The only "good" news is that the second hand price of our Lux amps will also explode and we might sell them more expensive than what we paid.

avanti1960
1,545 posts
 

I listened to the 507Z at AXPONA last Friday, apparently the only one in existence.  The sound to my ears was a big improvement over their previous class A or AB integrated amps.  

Gone is the overtly smooth and forgiving presentation in favor of more clarity and transparency.  It was a big step that direction but not quite x ray resolution either.  Overall a very sweet, highly likeable sound.  

smodtactical
982 posts
 

That would be a downgrade for my taste. The internals and external build actually don't even look as nice as prior models. I heard they are cutting costs where they can while raising the price.

avanti1960
1,545 posts
 

yet the sound is better.  

erik_squires
16,591 posts
 

Gone is the overtly smooth and forgiving presentation in favor of more clarity and transparency.

 

SO, gone is the reason I bought mine. 😁 @avanti1960 if you think this is an improvement, pray tell us what integrateds you have liked better because as some one who loves his Luxman you are doing the opposite of selling me on the new line.

I just saw the pics on the Luxman sight, the 507z looks the same on the inside.  Maybe the internal pic isn't updated?

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