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• Luxman L-505Z video review 17th April 2025
  🎥 Camera: John Darko / Olaf von Voss 🎬 Editor: John Darko 🌈 Colour: Olaf von Voss 🕺🏻 Motion GFX: John Darko 💰 Ad segment: John Darko 🎵 Song IDs? Playlists of all music heard in this video – and other videos – can be found on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko Further […] The post Luxman L-505Z […]
• Shanling teases portable CD player w/ R2R DAC & tubes 16th April 2025
  Shanling knows how to tease its forthcoming Munich High-End presence. Instead of pulling the covers off a new product at the show to serve only the company’s ego, the Chinese manufacturer has opted for the visitor-centric approach: partially announcing a new product ahead of time so that we know to […] The post Shanling teases […]
• In Berlin for review: Luxman’s L-505Z integrated amplifier 15th April 2025
  The L-505z from Luxman is an all-analogue integrated amplifier that promises 100wpc into 8 Ohms. That’s one watt for every year Luxman has been in the hifi business. The Japanese company was founded in 1925 and is currently celebrating its centenary. The output stage on the L-505z is a “parallel […] The post In Berlin […]