Is Luxman a poor man's D'Agostino ?

So it's both yes and no, that's fun.
Parasound..

Parasound?   Um, no.

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

No Parasound then, sounds terrible.
I got it. There is no poor man's D'Agostino. Forget about it, the same I suppose with Gryphon. 

No Parasound then, sounds terrible.

Parasound JC1 Halo’s sound great in high bias mode, to me they fit in above the Lux, under the D’Agostiono, and the Gryphon’s are on top.

Cheers George

To use a football analogy, the original question is like asking:

Is Jonathan Taylor a poor man’s Zeke Elliott?

Less expensive? Undoubtedly.
Better? Many think so.

But unlike football, audio is all subjective so nobody really wrong.