Luxman vs. Accuphase

i think i owned that luxman in college in early 80's. if so it finally gave up the ghost 2 yrs ago. fwiw it had a great 'tubey'? sound and put in a lot of hard use and never missed a beat. it drove small b&w's and jbl's mostly. silky smooth controls and toggle switches and bypass options etc. a friend had the bigger brother and had trouble driving his low impedence polks however. if this is the same amp i would highly recommend it but the binding posts were not the greatest. might be able to retrofit those tho. if it is not that older unit, please forgive my recall:)

I saw in the forum message you are looking at an Accuphase E-202. Don't know if you have one picked out or if you have already bought one, but just wanted to let you know I am looking at selling mine. I bought it from an Audiogon member back in December. He played it only at low volumes and did not realize it, but when I started using it at higher volumes the right channel clipped in a hurry. I took it to my local dealer who is a certified McIntosh repair facility and they went through it 100%. They replaced numerous capacitors and an output transistor among other things. In the end it tested at 128 Watts/Channel both channels driven into 8 Ohms and it sounds great. While it was being repaired I acquired other equipment and now it is a backup. I was going to post it on Audiogon but if you are interested please make an offer. I am flexible on cost, but the repairs cost $350 so I am trying to minimize the beating I take on it. Thanks, Jason.

Rod,
I still have my Luxman 450 ( and matching tuner) from my high school days. That piece spoiled my ears for anything the local federated group, etc was selling. I still have it in my garage and it is always musical and sweet sounding. And yes the binding posts pretty much only accept bare wire

I used a Luxman L430 integrated amp for several years and I still have it as a backup in case an amp or preamp goes down. The L430 is quite heavy, it's well made and the only thing that's ever failed are some of the numerous small light bulbs in the front panel. It's sound quality isn't bad, but it's no stunner either. It can be used as either a power amp or preamp with a flip of a switch on the back panel. It sounds considerably better in either of those modes than it does as an integrated. I'd go with the Accuphase myself.