Luxman M900u Monos and C900u

Mike said:
The Salon 2’s need SLAM! With the wrong amps, they can sound like to woofers are broken. You need a bottom up amp. Bass first amp. May I suggest an Antilleon Evo.

The M900’s are beautiful sounding, wonderful mids and highs, but they aren’t a bass first amp.


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I agree that the Salon 2 need SLAM. The Mcintosh has slam but the slam is not refined. 2 subwoofers with Room Correction on my Anthem STR Preamp do the trick on the bass slam very well but the Mc's mid and high is not smooth and lack of 'flow'.
Luxman M900U is affordable in my country and it is only $10k for each here, I do like the silky smooth sound of the Luxman. I guess the 2 subwoofers will also do the trick on the M900U because I let the subs handle the sub-bass region (below 60hz) just like what I did with the Mcintosh. Do you think the trick works?
The Gryphon is overpriced and not available for demo in my country, I wouldn't want to spend that much money for something I can't audition.
 
Mike

Would the Luxman M900u form a good synergy with something like a Kharma? Thanks.


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aRui said:
Yes. I think I will get 2. When I began this hobby, me and my brother went to a shop to audition some hifi gears, the Mcintosh and Sonus Faber. I thought the system the shop played by then was Kharma speakers with 2 M-900Us when we stepped into the shop. We was blown away by the sound of Kharma and 900U pre pow, never thought that it could be such natural and life-like. But it was more than 3 years ago and I did not want to spend that much money for 'beginner' by then.
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aRui

I have Kharma but in search of the amp for them. Thanks for the tip.


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Mike said:
The Salon 2’s need SLAM! With the wrong amps, they can sound like to woofers are broken. You need a bottom up amp. Bass first amp. May I suggest an Antilleon Evo.

The M900’s are beautiful sounding, wonderful mids and highs, but they aren’t a bass first amp.
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Thanks for sharing your experience and insights Mike.

How about my Focal Stella Utopia Evo's? 94db sensitivity, 8ohm nominal, 2.8ohm minimal, with 13" electromagnetic woofer. Would you recommend the M-900u in stereo or mono? Or would you recommend another amp all together?

Room is a 1,200 sqft. living room with big openings to hallways.
 
robert1976 said:
Thanks for sharing your experience and insights Mike.

How about my Focal Stella Utopia Evo's? 94db sensitivity, 8ohm nominal, 2.8ohm minimal, with 13" electromagnetic woofer. Would you recommend the M-900u in stereo or mono? Or would you recommend another amp all together?

Room is a 1,200 sqft. living room with big openings to hallways.
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I would go Boulder with Focal or VAC. Pass X260.8/XP22 would be another more cost effective option. The Luxman m900/c900 would be very good too, but I would want more meat on the bones with the Focal tweeter.


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Mike said:
The Luxman m900/c900 would be very good too, but I would want more meat on the bones with the Focal tweeter.
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Thank you Mike. So more meat on the bones... could that be solved by increasing bass control on the C-900u?

If not, which Boulders do you suggest?
 
robert1976 said:
Thank you Mike. So more meat on the bones... could that be solved by increasing bass control on the C-900u?

If not, which Boulders do you suggest?
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Well, if I had those speakers, I would do 2110/2160. But 1110/1160 would be dynamite too.


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robert1976 said:
Would playing the 2120 straight into the 2160 be a good idea? I only stream from Tidal.
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I haven’t tried it. It came out 4 years ago, so I’ve been holding off to see if something new comes out. I am eyeing that 2108 though.


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Mike said:
I haven’t tried it. It came out 4 years ago, so I’ve been holding off to see if something new comes out. I am eyeing that 2108 though.
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Boulder is hard to audition at my current location. Would Focal Stella be good with Audionet Stern / Heisenberg, or the Humboldt?
 
joeinid said:
Shah Alam Malaysia?
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If it is Malaysia, then good luck with an audition. I live there and won’t be able to listen to a Boulder unless I drove over to Singapore to do so. The Boulder dealer for both Malaysia and Singapore also deal with the Focals.

Mark Levinson, Accuphase, ARC, Gryphon have got a good presence there not Boulder. Luxman had just came into the picture recently.


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sitting on clouds, father abraham is holding my hand and invites me to sing with the group.

this is what comes to mind when i listen with heisenbergs. heaven is really the right term for this amplifiers. they really have some kind of cosmic power.
yes robert, you are on the right track, it would sound fabulous.
 
u-sound said:
sitting on clouds, father abraham is holding my hand and invites me to sing with the group.

this is what comes to mind when i listen with heisenbergs. heaven is really the right term for this amplifiers. they really have some kind of cosmic power.
yes robert, you are on the right track, it would sound fabulous.
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Would you say, heavenly? :cool:
 
Mike said:
I haven’t heard those enough to comment. Where are you located?
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I live in Malaysia.

BTW, I saw this video: Our room at the Florida Audio Expo 2020 - YouTube

How did you hook up two M-900u's in stereo? One for each speaker? Did you use the bi-amp function on the C-900u using unbalanced cables?

What's the difference compared to two M-900u's bridged in mono?

Thanks and I hope you can elaborate a bit :)
 
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