In addition to anniversary models – including the P-100 headphone amp already presented – Luxman is releasing a Black Edition series for the first time.
Used several times by Esoteric for its anniversaries in 5 or 10-year increments, before the brand decided to keep black models in its 05 range, the Black Edition is a first for Luxman. At 100 years of age, the Japanese company has been back to its best for a decade, dressing four of its models in black, in an ultra-limited Centennial Edition.
Initially reduced to the 07 series, according to the secrets we received from the company’s executives in Munich last year, this Centennial Edition is finally given over to just two devices in this range, the NT-07 streamer (VU#53; Remarkable) and the D-07X CD/SACD player (VU#45). We had tried to convince the same executives to add the E-07 phono preamp and DA-07X DAC, presented at the 2024 show, but obviously without success…
Users wishing to invest in the complete black range will have to invest in the CD/SACD player to use their Dac with the streamer, and use the phono part of the 509Z integrated to play the DP-151 Mark II Black Edition turntable. In the end, the largest amplifier currently in the catalog seems to have been preferred to the 507Z for inclusion in this anniversary series. But fortunately, all these products are available individually, at a small extra cost (from €300 to €500 depending on the model) to justify the exception. In Black Edition, the Luxman NT-07 streamer costs €8,290, the PD-151 Mark II turntable €6,250, the 509Z amp €13,490 and the CD/SACD player €12,490. Don’t wait any longer to order them!
