Is Luxman a poor man's D'Agostino ?

Parasound?   Um, no.

Too warm and, some one else's word, syrupy. Lots of power though.  Lacks the midrange mercurial liquidity and treble smoothness.

I posted this in a few threads.

I find with Wilson’s the sound of the two is much more similar than not. Perhaps with different speakers this would not be as true.

When I suggest people listen to a variety of amps, I do lump D’Agostino and Luxman in one camp, with Ayre and Pass in their own. The 3 camps make a nice survey of modern SS amp sounds.

Best,

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