Luxman 590AX II Break-In


Hello all, and happy holidays,

To those with experience, how many hours of a break-in are necessary to make the Luxman sing? I have about 175 hours, and my bass is less than stellar. Also, there is not a luscious midrange (yet). I have read epic reviews but have not experienced that thus far. What should I expect over time? Getting a little worried!

Thanks!

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I don’t have luxman, but have some experience with a class a Japanese amp and speaker interaction.  I purchased an esoteric class a amp 30 wpc, combined with Fyne 702 speakers.  It was combined deal with a trade in allowance for my Paradigm speakers and assorted electronics.  The amplifier was immediately available, and the speakers would take 6 months.   Though the Fynes and the paradigms and Fynes had the same efficiency and resistance.  The esoteric/paradigm combination was so bass shy it was unlistenable.  Shattered my concept that a solid state amp of more than 15 watts should drive any speaker.   I suspect the small bass drivers were the culprit and put my nad 80wpc back in until my Fynes finished its ocean crossing.  Had heard luxman driving MAGICO speakers at the Tampa hi fi show and was quite impressed.  Hearing them driving the kef blade was quite flat and uninvolving . Bottom line is that any breakin of your amp was done during final qc at the factory   Since you like the concentric driver concept, give Fyne and Tannoy a listen, or a highly efficient horn type 

Any component, signal running thru it is what counts. Not just keeping it on. At least 200hrs has been my experience with new components and between 24-72 hours with used. 

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The Luxman site says 30 wpc @ 8 ohms:

(Rated output:

30W + 30W (8Ω), 60W + 60W (4Ω))

That is low power… while it doubles into 4ohms… we usually compare at 8 ohms. Since the speakers specify needing 50 wpc. Typically I found that amps at or larger that the max for the speakers to reach their full potential. I would feed speakers like this with no less that 200 wpc from a high current amp.

As a basic test, and to get a base point for positioning your speakers, go to the Cardas site and put the room specs into the calculator and try repositioning the speakers using that first.

Its by no means a perfect solution, as there are so many variables in a room, but it will get you close to a decent set up.

 

just a thought.