Japanese Luxman Integrated Amps

Thank you all for those very thoughtful comments. This has to be the most civil forums I’ve ever been on!

Which integrated are you looking at?  

I'm with others, buy a US spec version and you'll be better off in the long run.  

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.