Luxman L-507z Small Review
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| Posted on September 11, 2024 at 16:14:49 | ||
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Location: Kyushu Japan Joined: June 6, 2024 |
I've had the Luxman L-507z for about two months now running a pair of Focal Kanta 2 speakers also the same age. I usually listen 4-5 hours per day so they each have about 250+/- hours on them. Having heard the Luxman at the audio shop and our local Audio show I can say for sure that the Luxman is very quick and powerful. I compared the Luxman to the Accuphase E-4000, I preferred the Luxman due to a slightly more pronounced punch and vocal clarity. At first I thought the Luxman had a 'house sound' which is on the warm side of neutral...or so I thought. I say I thought because after extended listening I would say that the Luxman is actually even handed, very even handed, so much so that it is able to bring the lower mid information out of the mix better than some other amps. I think its this trait that seems to give the Luxman a warm side of neutral sound. Another thing, it is very transparent, by this I mean you can hear the differences in anything you connect to it....for example if you change Dacs the sound of each Dac will become very obvious. The Luxman will amplify all of these characteristics so you can easily tell, this is another reason why I think the Luxman doesn't have a huge flavor of its own. If it did, its sound would cover or mask incoming sound signatures and actually make it harder to hear the difference between up stream components. Change power cords and you will hear the difference, change IC's or speaker cables you can hear the difference. The Luxman can produce a very good 3D soundstage and is able to render notes and vocals with clarity at any volume level to satisfaction. My Focals completely disappear and everything within the soundstage is clearly defined. The controls and feel of the Luxman are top notch. Everything is smooth and accurate. Bass and Treble controls as well as Loudness provides consistent results which let you dial in any tone with ease. It also has a bypass function to bypass all controls. So far so good, I think it might have a little more breaking in to do because its still surprising me with its sound as it unfolds and becomes better and better. J.
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