(Hegel vs Luxman) vs PS Audio

Interesting conversation... Room vs gear, I guess the room always wins.

But if no music plays in a treated room, does one enjoy the sound? I kid.

I'm presently a JC1+ owner, but am in love with my Riviera Labs Levante integrated and have nothing bad to say about my JC1+. I am now looking for a solid state amp with tighter bass and more of a romantic tube like sound and airiness. Seems to be the Mark of the new Luxman M-10x and I'm most likely going to make a move on one to drive my none 90+dB speakers.

@krymer2 what did you end up doing, room, gear or both?

Made the jump... and have a second coming! This amplifier is definitely a revelatory addition, one of those pieces where "you hear things you didn't know were there before" kind of additions. Decided to go with a mono set up as opposed to getting the C-10x. My current preamp will be the Yamaha C-5000 (once hooked up), but presently just listening to it on my T+A DAC200 and B&W 706s3 and I'm just smiling ear to ear. Can wait to pair it with all S-tier gear, but I always listen to new stuff on basically everything I own working up to the higher end stuff.