LUXMAN L509X VS M700/C700U

@ei001 
 I bought the CL -38uc. its very nice. 
DAC is not here yet. it will come tomorrow 
Currently I am running Triangle signature delta with M700u , CL 38uc, source is mac via Oppo HA-1 dac. 
I don't have power conditioner yet but I do have ifi plugged in my outlet. 
I am running Qobuz and tidal via audirvana. 
currently I have Anticables 3.0
Any suggestions?

Congrats on picking up the CL-38C. The unit sounds great out of the box but give it a few weeks for the tubes to burn in and it will sound even better. Down the road you may want to add a TT. The phono section is excellent w/4 step up transformers. Luxman Solid State understandably gets most of the press but the tube products are also very competitive. Now I don't feel so lonely at least someone else out there owns one of these preamps. Enjoy the music.

Greetings, interesting reading above for sure. Here is my current mini-system: MacBook Pro to D-N150 cd/DAC to SQ-N10 tube to Heritage lll. Sounds great to my old ears and looks even better; looks like the components were made by the same company, that Apple made Luxman or Luxman made Apple—same size, same finish, same amazing workmanship. Have larger Luxman, McIntosh, etc pieces, but the above three win on charm alone.

Excellent mini system. Luxman makes all their gear in house in Japan.

OP - any updates on the 38/700-combo?

Well I enjoyed that but M700u was still very bright for my triangles so I now paired with mq88uc and now planning to by amp with 2 mq88uc cl 38uc preamp and analysis plus speaker cables silver apex 
sound sweet non fatiguing 
I am also planning to pair harbeths 30.2 with m700u let’s see 

I was too lazy to read this whole thread, so perhaps the above question has already been answered....However,  a conversation with my local dealer just today happened to answer the question...the 509 stays in class A up to it’s first 17 watts, and after that switches over to A/B. Cheers -Don

OP - sorry if I misunderstand, but are you saying that your're planning to use 2x mq88? As in mono-blocks?

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Power conditioner, for a small system, inexpensive, great surge protection and very good noise removal:

https://amzn.to/2vOooi3

Right now ~ $120