Anyone heard the New Luxman gear?

FWIW, I demo'd three pairs of ~$3K speakers at a retailer recently. The amp used for all 3 was a Luxman integrated (model #?) with big meters. I heard a Devore Gibbon 8, Audio Physic something or other, and Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grand. I didn't like any of the speakers, to my great surprise. Could it have been the amp? All three sounded thin and lightweight, the Gibbon 8s sounded almost like the mid/woofer was disconnected, the AP sounded less thin, but still had a mid and high range emphasis, and the Mozarts sounded fuller, but tizzy in the treble. Imaging on all 3 was good, but soundstage was just fair. None of these speakers allowed me to connect to the music.

Maybe it was the speakers, or the Luxman amp. CD players were a one-box Esoteric and a Musical Fidellity A5.

It could have been the CD - Pixies' "Doolittle." It's what I happened to have with me for this impromptu audition. However, on my cheap Sony portable player and JVC cans, the CD sounded fairly good.

I will certainly revisit the VAs, and maybe the APs, but I will try a different amp next time.

Luxman is very nice. Worth tracking down for a listen. I had the 30 W class A integrated on loan for a while, and have heard ss separates with Wilson WP 8's recently. Very impressed with depth, timbre, all the right qualities.
I would go down the Luxman road but I need a better paper route first.

Evidently there are 1 or more preamp offerings to match the impressive 600 and 800 amplifiers. Anyone heard any of the preamps?

Frontier1, I just purchased the C 600F preamp. It replaced a very good VAC Standard Mk II tube pre. I would characterize the sound as very rich, mellow but still excellent transparency. It is perhaps a little more closed in than the VAC, but still very dimensional with great soundstaging.

Overall, I would simply say that for my system, there is much better synergy and the rich dense images that the Luxman can create makes listening to all music fun, not just audiophile stuff.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Seph

Wow Luxman, I still have my L5 amp, T4 tuner & PD 277 turntable from college 30 years ago. Not using them but they still work well.