Vintage Luxman receivers

blisshifi     gave a nice description.  I’ve owned several vintage pieces when still actually Luxman and one Alpine piece.  Yes, they’ve mostly always been that good.  
 

My latest foray is the Luxman 509X monster and they do have a house sound.  My newest is just that much more muscular and controlling than previous vintage pieces.

I would also note that the newer pieces are a bit more refined and relaxed with more midrange magic than the older pieces. The detail retrieval and control improves with each price point / model upgrade but Luxman likes to focus preliminarily on the magic of the spectrum of midbass-midrange-lower treble.  

“Luxman likes to focus preliminarily on the magic of the spectrum of midbass-midrange-lower treble.  “

That description seems to make sense why they would be a good match for the Focals I’m using. 

In my opinion, the best sounding and the best made Luxman, solid state Amp and Preamp from the past, is the Luxman M-05 Power Amp and C-05 Preamp. I have not listened to any new Luxman gear, so I can not make any comparison on sound quality between old versus new. 😎 See below:

Mike

http://www.thevintageknob.org/luxman-C-05.html

Yes.  Luxman, with the exception of the Alpine owned years, has always sounded great.  I’ve owned/own 5 pieces over the years.  Currently a 509X which really rocks. They are fun pieces and now command kind of ridiculous prices used.  Enjoy.