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Luxman tonality

I’ve seen many members describing the Luxman 509x and the m duo as warm thus colored. I’ve had these units and have never thought of them as bright or dark(warm). They are superbly neutral to me neither adding or subtracting. I find them to be very musical. A prospective buyer might pass on Luxman thinking that they won’t match up with many speakers. Of course they will. Neutral is neutral. It’s what we should want.

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luxmancl38
580 posts
 
As the old saying goes: Lies, damned lies and statistics.
luxmancl38
580 posts
 
Funny you mentioned euphonic sound. I had an argument about that. The expert told me that euphonic sound is nothing but adding audio crud to your system. With tubes you're basically dumbing down your system. I guess my Luxman tubed preamp is a big pile of crud. I was told to get a AVR for true sound and look up Peter Azcel of the Audio Critic. 
luxmancl38
580 posts
 
He’s rather odd. He really doesn’t listen to music. Mostly test tones. Plus he has a group of friends that back him up. I spend most of my money on music. I don’t know about you but personally I think AVR’s and AVR processors suck on music. That’s why I keep them separate.
luxmancl38
580 posts
 
My CL38U SE a tube preamp is neutral sound wise. No roll off on the top end. Excellent dynamics. The sound is similar to the 590AXII.
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