Luxman DA-06 Dac...anyone?

On eBay from Japan $3300. Inside it has a Rcore transformer.
measure the voltages and replace with custom120 v model .$350.low level detail,and noise floor lowered with R core transformer,just look at picture off the IEC.
Night and day better then a step down transformer , unless you have $1,000 to spend on a custom model don't bother .i lived in the U.k
Owned a Hifi shop and had a tech to do all changes,good or bad.
Joseph Chow- Audio horizons can do anything. A great audio engineerIMO
His dac is more detailed ,and very full bodied 4 vacuum tubes.$5k
He is coming out with a dsd dac very soon. That is why I am
Weighing my options.also there are several things on the luxman that can be upgraded,output transformers, better capacitors and more uf,and a few other things. The 7 fuses inside are All bottlenecks.he actually has his platinum fuses out there totally different then Hifi tuning ,patented,he says
Noticably better or he refunds and pays shipping both ways.
I ordered one has not arrived yet but a lot of very good feedback.
Just to let you guys know if it is commercially made it is made to a price point and $600 in upgrades can dramatically improve the player .

Audioman58, very interesting indeed. I think it would be great to get the Luxman and not only get it corrected for the voltage I need but also modded to improve the sound. I am going to look into Joseph Chow and contact him to discuss.

tboooe,

let us know what you find out. i may be interested in doing the same.

Nickolaspappas, I got in touch with Joseph Chow and he seems to think it will be an easy mod to make the Japanese spec DA-06 work on 110V. So for around $1000 you can do the mod and upgrade some internals to theoretically have a better sounding DAC. I have contacted some Japanese retailers who are selling the DA-06 for $2,500 not including shipping. I am still waiting to hear back from them.

Why not buy the Luxman DAC on sale on Audiogon right now for $3500 ?