Luxman Preamps
My Luxman M-10X power amp and Blade One Meta orders supposed to come in this month(I ordered them back in Aug). I'm having a hard time deciding what preamp to run the M-10X with. Right now, I have a Luxman 595ASE which I was going to use the front end as the M-10X preamp. However, the 595ASE is a class A integrate and draws full power as soon as it powered up. And it gets hot. So It may not be the best component to use as a preamp.
The best obvious choice would be the current C-900U but the problem I have with it is that a replacement C-10X is on the horizon for next year. However, it will cost quite a bit of money. Since my listening setting is "Line Straight" and do not need any of the tone control from the preamp, does it matter if I'm using C-900U or C-10X or any other older pream with line straight?
Are all "line straight" from Luxman preamps the same? If this is the case, perhaps I can get a 507z, 509x, or future 509z integrate and use it as the front end of the M-10X power amp. The only thing I see here is that the integrates don't have a balance pre-out option like a dedicated preamp.
It’s been awhile since my first post. But I have sold the 595ASE for another M-10X. I was running the two M-10X for about 6 months while waiting for my C-10X to arrive. I got the C-10X around September of last year so my set up has been 2x M-10X and C-10X either D-10X CD player/DAC and a Lumin U2 streamer.
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How do you like Mono M-10X vs. single Stereo one @thisisme? The stereo configuration goes down to 1 ohm, while the Mono only spec to to 2 ohm, so there’s some trade off it seems for more power. Not that many, if any, speakers goes to 1 ohm. Very interested in hearing your thoughts on this, I’m thinking of going the same direction, buying another M-10X. I’m running D-10X and CL-1000 pre-amp, got to have some tube goodness :) Thanks! |
