Wow that’s an amazing set of Luxman you have there 🤩 How can you have two of my dream amplifiers? One day I’ll hopefully get my hands on a M6000 myself 🤩
Fantastic set, stuff of dreams, i love vintage Luxman, i have several Luxman amps and receivers from the seventies but this is the very best made.. you are a lucky men!
Two of them that's just greedy 😂 Seriously some lovely restored units ❤ The original capacitors were Chemicon . Why did you use Mundorf capacitors over TDK ones?
What a superb restoration job. Fantastic to see this level of commitment to preserving these historic audio-electronic components. The equipment all looks and sounds superb.
Wow such a gorgeous set up! i have a PD 300 i love but also have just bought a PD 441 with a SME 3009 II Non Removable Headshell Just Like Yours !! if you have any tips on setting up the tonearm i would greatly appreciate it thanks!!! Ron
Hi, thanks for your reaction. Setting up the tone arm can be seen on some videos here in RU-vid. I have set up the height first according to the instructions for the cartridge and the recommended angle for the needle. Then I used a plastic tool for setting up the azimuth for the arm. It verifies two positions and you can slide the arm base to fine tune. Balancing the arm with the counterweight I always do with the needle just above the vinyl surface and last thing is to set the needle weight at the recommended push down. After that I have a couple of listening sessions with more and less weight to optimize the sound and needle tracking performance. For compensation of the centrifugal forces, I have a vinyl test record which has a part of non-cut blank surface. I add weight until the needle holds position on this surface and does not dive inwards or launches outwards. What elements are you using?
Great great sets you have..i always loved Luxman. had the l 308 and later the m150 and 350 and the same B&W DM6. Sounds great and a good combo. Loved the m6000 but never had the money to buy it new. Your a lucky man..thanks for showing your beautiful sets. Grs from the Netherlands.
Hi, the 4 big power elcos were restored by Audio Service in Elst, The Netherlands. All other electronics were overhauled by Luxman Forever in Niemegk, Germany. However, Luxman Forever is now retired but his colleague Good-Old-Hifi is still there. All the optical wood restorations I took care of with a local furniture maker and the front plates were done by 3 different specialists in The Netherlands
Hi, they are not bridged. I use four B&W DM6 loudspeakers, two in the front and two in the back. This creates a fuller soundstage in my room then when only using two speakers. Each speaker has its own power amp channel so I do not loose power in the low bass range at higher volumes. I tried all four speakers on one power amp and this will do more then sufficient on lower volumes. However, when raising the volume, especially for bass rich tunes, the "bass breathing" results a bit deeper using two power amps instead of one.
@@high-endaudio6809 Amazing Vintage system, thanks for explaining how you set it up. Little silver boxes next to the amps are they step down transformers. If yes what do you use. Thanks
Hi, the little silver boxes next to the amps are Luxman AS-50R. Switching gear for speakers or amps. I switch amps between the M-6000 and M-4000A sets to my 4 pieces of B&W DM6 speakers
Would be interesting how the CD player plays in tube mode cause that is what makes it a bit more special as a player. The switch in this sample though is set on ‚solid state‘...except for the last few seconds when you probably only noticed it 🤷🏻
When switching to tube mode there is a shift in the "warmth" of the track you are playing. It's kinda like listening to a juke-box or transistor "getto blaster". It is completely depending on the track what is giving the most best results in your ears. For example, if I take the CD "Songbook" of Trisha Yearwood which is Country music by the way. The first track "How do I live without you", a cover from Leann Rimes, it is perfect in Solid state and less in tube mode. However, the next track "The song remembers well" is an absolute masterpiece in tube mode. So I switch by the feeling of the track. Please note Leann Rimes absolute masterpiece version live on Leann Rimes - How Do I Live [Live] @ AOL sessions @ RU-vid! That's pulling my heart out....
@@high-endaudio6809 thanks for your impressions…and the recommended Leann Rimes cd…will check it out 😉. …oh yeah, actually knew this song: great and touching love song …if only the reality would be like that. Maybe two or three percent of the women out there feel like that, I suppose. Haven’t met one yet where feelings went so deep (as they actually should). Think I get the CD 👍🏼
@@high-endaudio6809 Wow, very fortunate of you to have a pair of M6000 and a pair of M4000. Congratulations!!! which amp sounds best to your ears? By the way any chance you could help me track down a M4000? Cheers
@@vintagehifilover I recommend to use hifishark.com to track down equipment, this is how I found mine. The difference between the M-6000 and M-4000A is mainly in the low. The bass is effortless and seems to have no restrictions or limits on the M-6000. The M4000A also performs effortless and you will only notice the difference if you have both power amps to compare. The M4000A is brillant and open in the mids and highs, voices are natural and it is my favorite for CD's and live recordings. The M6000 appears the best partner for my vinyl collection as it seems to put you directly in the studio with the sound engineer, especially if I use the Luxman LMC-1 element. One can notice the quality of the recording and mixes as it provides a very analytical sound stage. These amps have no valve tubes but sometimes I think they do have! Dream away with good recordings and discard bad ones. With my restored and upgraded B&W DM6 speakers it provides me the sound I personally prefer and makes me listening to the music and artists, not the equipment anymore...
Let me put it like this: The M-4000A has it's low limits at the center of mother earth. The M-6000 has it's bass limits at the bottom of the black hole in the middle of our galaxy. Both go beyond expectations, but if you can compare them you will notice the difference...
Thank you for bringing the Pioneer M90 under my attention. I did some research on the internet and looked at RU-vid videos about this series. The design is perfect and the clarity of the sound via internet impressive. I wish I had the chance to check-out the sound it produces live! Pioneer was my first love when I was only 16 years old. My first cassette deck was a Pioneer GXC-75D and I still have all the recordings I made then after more than 40 years. Only now, I play those cassettes on my Nakamichi Dragon cassette decks. And my first reel to reel was a Pioneer RT-909 which I still own today and play lots of time. Again, many many thanks for sharing! For me hi-end is about listening to artists and their music, not anymore to how good equipment makes it sound. Fortunately I was able to pass that point, not noticing anymore my equipment is there as it has become invisible in my experience of natural sound...
