Interesting. Based on my experience, Plinius 9100 was better than some amps I have owned, including Musical Fidelity A308 pre-amp and amp, Marantz PM-11S1, YBA DT. 9100 sounds natural, organic, which I like.
Yup, indeed interesting. I found the older Plinius 8200 to clearly outperform an MF A308 integrated IMS, and this MF significantly outperformed a NAD and Rotel integrated, again IMS. The 8200 was later replaced by a 9200, which was even more superior in transparency. I believe the 9100 is sonically identical to this 9200. Having said that the new Luxman is very highly regarded, and looks handsome. It may come down to a matter of system synergy and taste between the two.
Noelpastor You are absolutely right. Speaker cables, interconnects also affects the sound. I've heard that Plinius sounds great with Totem speakers. Years in the back (80's) JBL's were most popular speakers. When I hooked up JBL L100T3 to Luxman L505u sound was amazing. Bass strong and tight, silky mids, but highs so crisp that i had to make sure that is treble knob on flat position. With B&W sound was also great, little bit less bass but beautiful 3D sound. Sound was like behind the speakers. Something similar I experienced with Pathos Logos.
Reports that I've been hearing are that the new Luxman gear is tremendously good. I'd love to hear some of it. For some dumb reason, I'm sure, I just can't get past the look of any Plinius gear- I know, a very stupid way to evaluate gear, especially when it's not seen much, but there it is. That being said, I'm also not that dumb to know that if it sounds great I'd love it regardless. Still....
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