Recent content by audio.bill

The brand has been sold a few times over the last several years, but appears to still be in business. https://www.classeaudio.com/

On the Purchase page of the Lumin site they still list Source Systems Ltd. as the US distributor (near bottom of page.)

It's main advantage was ultra low mass, being designed to optimize the match with high compliance cartridges that were common in its era. Today's cartridges are more commonly medium to low compliance designs which wouldn't be a good match with the Black Widow tonearm.

Not sure what data resulted in ChatGPT providing that result, but those speakers are not similar in any way to the Braun L710 or L810 speakers. The Brauns were siblings of the ADS L710 and L810 speakers.

https://en.audionet.de/machines/max/

Very nice system 88Keys, and welcome to AudioShark! Hang around here for a while and you might just find yourself with an itch to try out some new gear. :D

It seems to be so, using Luxman’s unique LxDTM-i1 which is the latest updated version of that used in the D-10x: " LxDTM-i – the LUXMAN original Disc Transport Mechanism (improved)".

https://www.avcat.jp/next/avnews/2025/09/26/luxman-sacd-cd-player-d-100-centennial-100th-anniversary-model/

While it should be possible to bypass the amp and use an external amp, I'd suggest trying to get details of the needed repair either online or from JL Audio and finding a local tech who could implement it. I recall it's just some power supply caps that typically need replacement. Good luck.

Keep in mind that a meter reading resistance in Ohms is not the same as impedance. Impedance is composed of resistance and reactance and you're only reading the resistive component unless you have an impedance meter. To answer your question though I believe the answer would be neither. Likely...

There is a grounding post on the rear, and the knob on the front is a Presence control: (2.5kHz - 5.0kHz) +/- 3dB .

Merry Christmas, happy holidays and wishes for a healthy and prosperous new year!

I think the setting I referred to is for the seller to make on their end, not sure you can do it as a buyer if the biller's account isn't setup to allow Guest Checkout.