Japanese Luxman Integrated Amps

I’ve bought 2 from Japan: 505, 550.

buy a quality converter. I sold the 505 within a day of posting. Luxman America will not service Japanese products. George Meyer in LA, California will though.

a new 550 axII cost $6500 + tax compared to ~$35-3800 Japanese + import fees.

beautiful amps. 
be aware of service issues and know your options.

my Japanese 505 - flawless, sold it within 1 day, (multiple offers) to upgrade to the 550. I believe my converter failed with the 550 after about a year but not sure   but the unit wouldn’t turn on. 
I sent it to George Meyer in LA for repair.  They said that it was a Luxman fault not the converter. Then UPS lost it on its way back to me.😫

I purchased the 550 new off Eb.. for $3800 including import fees. 

repair and shipping to GM =$1100 = $4900 vs 7K new.

I would definitely buy another Japanese version but use a higher quality converter. 

I gotta say that it took a while to find a tech that could work on it here in the states.

I also saw on another resale site that they were able to convert a 100 v to 120 on a 505 but it couldn’t be done on the 550.

Luxman explicitly states they won’t service products mfg elsewhere. So no warranty.