Would Luxman work well with JBL?

Hello Elliot. The JBL 4367 has a sensitivity of 94db. No I’m looking to get a Luxman…I love the knobs/meters/switches and it’s a quality brand. It’s an analog system so I’m hoping it will match a vintage style speaker well. Thank you for the links I will look at them

Thank you Kota. So the JBL Synthesis 4367 with a 15” woofer wouldn’t be as good as the classic series?

Thank you Bertram. I imagine those are older models. Are they class A or A/B? I’m wondering what class amp would sound best with these vintage speakers. I’m considering Klipsch as well. Perhaps Forte IV’s

Jason Bourne thank you, but I’m definitely wanting to get an integrated from some brand. I just love the vintage look and quality build of the Luxmans…the knobs, switches, etc…but if it isn’t a good match then I suppose I would have to consider something else.

Kota1…I see. Very good point. I take care of my 90 yo mother, so my equipment is in my bedroom. Which is somewhat small, maybe average. But someday I will be bringing my system out into my living room which is considerably larger and quite open.

So I’m thinking I need to buy something that will best adapt to that larger space and have to compromise it’s possible booming sound in my bedroom for awhile.

I see. Luxman is also a Japanese product, so I wonder if Luxman is compatible with JBL or Klipsch as Accuphase might be. I’m keeping my eye out on this

Thank you Bertram. I will look into these…although I was thinking of a new one.

Ah yes thank you Elliott. I was thinking of getting a new Luxman…would that be good with a Klipsch or JBL speakers? I love the meters, knobs/switches and build quality of the Luxman. Should I get class A or would class A/B sound good as well? I don’t want class D amplification and thankfully it appears Luxman doesn’t do that

James633…yes I was looking at those. It’s $16000 price tag might be more than I’m willing to spend. We’ll see.

I’ll be comparing JBL and Klipsch at the same location! Can’t wait

Btbluesky…my goodness that’s a lot of power. Okay thanks

Btbluesky…okay thanks. The Luxman I’m looking at is the flagship L-509z which puts out 120W per channel into 8 ohms so it looks like that would work.

I'm fortunate to have an audio store 1-1/2 hours away that has both JBL and Klipsch. I’ll be listening to both. Thanks 

James633…okay good to hear. In 1975 I went into an audio store and a salesperson was playing The Doobie Brothers “Listen to the music” on a high end system. I don’t remember the speakers…were they Cerwin Vega? Altec Lansing? Pioneer? Klipsch? JBL?

Whatever they were they had the best sound I ever heard…and that was 48 years ago. I want that sound.

I’m going to go listen to both. I hope, for price sake, I like the Klipsch better but will see.

The great Steve Hoffman has Klipsch as his reference speaker. But I will see! Thanks for all the advice