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I have some tube magic back in my life
As good as the Luxman 590 A II Class "A" SS amp is, I was missing the tube magic.
I found a perfect, like new Luxman SQ-38 EL-34 based integrated for sale not too far away. I contacted the owner (great guy) and made a deal. This is such a high quality piece of retro looking, smooth sounding gear I just love it. Packed with useful features. The headphone amp is supposed to be amazing. It has ALL of the EL-34 sound that I have always loved. For you visual types... |
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Stephen.......Sweet. I really like the retro look, too.
LUXMAN | PRODUCTS | VACUUM TUBE INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER SQ-38u
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Dan STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113 VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A |
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Stephen...congrats! I like the looks as well Harbeth speakers, despite not being super efficient, generally have benign inpedance loads and generally sound excellent with tubes. Hope this combo sounds good to you and enjoy it in good health.
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Awesome, have fun with it Stephen and happy listening!
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Thanks Dan,
The build quality of the LUXMAN gear is just off the charts. Every control, knob, switch exudes quality. Packing the best I have ever seen. Every input around back covered with a special cap Remotes, metal and SUPER NICE. The sound... Sublime Spinning Bob Marley on the Micro Seiki and the Harbeths are singing. Last edited by jdandy; 06-23-2013 at 09:37 PM. Reason: correct spelling error. |
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Beautiful!
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Awesome. I've been admiring that amp since it was introduced.
Tubes, there's no substitute ... Alas. Alberto |
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Alberto,
I could not agree more. At least these tubes are not exposed and not vintage and rare. This is a wonderful, do it all unit. It has a fine phono stage, great headphone amp AND a remote. It looks great, it sounds great... IT IS NOT SHINDO... I still miss my Shindo gear. The closest that I have ever been to my music in 35 years of this stuff. |
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Very nice ! The only SS amps that I truly love sound like tube amps and their name is always the same : McIntosh ! My vintage MC2205 is SS but surely sounds very " tube " to me. But I agree that like you, I 'm fond of great EL34 amps. This tube is magic.
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Stephen, good to see you! Please drop in more often.
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