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Luxman L590AXii vs Accuphase E-650 for a Shindo lover

I have loved tubes all my audiophile life, but looking to pare down to a SS integrated.
These two are the only ones under consideration (not looking for other recos).

I love the Shindo sound (in an ideal world I would own a full Shindo system), rich, full, lush yet transparent with ample details and good thumping bass.

In that case which of these two amps would work best. Where I live Accuphase is 50% more expensive than the Luxman, so that is also worth considering while buying.

My speakers are Devore O/96s. Source AMR DP777
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builder3
145 posts
 
mimar2910, I'm curious which model Luxman you owned?
danimaz
39 posts
 
mimar2910:
In Japan you can pickup a brand new Accu E-470 or even E-650 for half the price (same as luxman). Just because its expensive here does not mean its that much better than Luxman. just saying
fiza
12 posts
 
@greginnh actually, according to data, the improvements of e650 over e600 are huge especially in the noise department
fiza
12 posts
 
@danimaz but it seems Japanese are not very good or interested to sell internationally. why is that, I have no idea. Maybe they are rich already and do not need to expand their business. Why would Japanese not sell E650 for half the (profitable) price to North America, do you know?
valinar
377 posts
 
Are you sure you want to leave the amp on all the time? In the past I had a Luxman L-550ax. When I left it on for a while without playing music it got warm to the touch, too warm to leave on all the time.
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