Instead of adding connections and features little by little Luxman is removing them. No REC connections anymore on this one. The previous models have all the controls such as Loudness subsonic, mono on the faceplate. Now only on the remote control. Standalone DACs are not available anymore. The DA-06 was the last one made. Soon Luxman will be like other brands such as Marantz , Prima Luna, Musical Fidelity etc.. will make boring machines with no tone controls , no preamp and no features, only volume control. One of this day even volume control will be removed. It will come with a particular volume level telling us what volume we should listen to music while having their price increased. I hope Macintosh and Accuphase don't follow them. They are the few brands left that keep features and all connections like the old school machines.