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Luxman/Accuphase/Yamaha - Quality?

Copying this link to this thread as I find it to be useful.

http://www.audiodrom.net/en/integrated-amplifiers

I find the review of the Luxman L-590AXII to be rather accurate and regard the site to be pretty good. Below is the list of amps that were reviewed.

Accuphase E-5000.............Sound 90%
Luxman L-509X..................Sound 87%
Accuphase E-800...............Sound 86%
Luxman L-590AXII..............Sound 85%
Accuphase E-560...............Sound 82%
Luxman L-550AXI & AXII....Sound 80%
Accuphase E-450...............Sound 78%
Luxman L-507uX Mark II....Sound 77%
Luxman L-507uX.................Sound 76%
Luxman L-550A II................Sound 74%
Accuphase E-270................Sound 66%
Yamaha A-S2000................Sound 31% :confused:
 
Paul Mc said:
Having heard both Luxman and Accuphase amps - being an owner of the later - I can't agree with these ratings.
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What about the reviews of the amps which you have heard, owned or currently own? Do you find the review of your current Accuphase amp to be accurate?
 
ryder said:
Copying this link to this thread as I find it to be useful.

http://www.audiodrom.net/en/integrated-amplifiers

I find the review of the Luxman L-590AXII to be rather accurate and regard the site to be pretty good. Below is the list of amps that were reviewed.

Accuphase E-5000.............Sound 90%
Luxman L-509X..................Sound 87%
Accuphase E-800...............Sound 86%
Luxman L-590AXII..............Sound 85%
Accuphase E-560...............Sound 82%
Luxman L-550AXI & AXII....Sound 80%
Accuphase E-450...............Sound 78%
Luxman L-507uX Mark II....Sound 77%
Luxman L-507uX.................Sound 76%
Luxman L-550A II................Sound 74%
Accuphase E-270................Sound 66%
Yamaha A-S2000................Sound 31% :confused:
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Picking one at random, the E-270 doesn’t get a sonic score below 70% in the detailed section (and includes a high of 85%), so how does that equate to 65% overall? Something of a rhetorical question here, but doesn’t inspire confidence in the numbers.
 
Whaleblue said:
Picking one at random, the E-270 doesn’t get a sonic score below 70% in the detailed section (and includes a high of 85%), so how does that equate to 65% overall? Something of a rhetorical question here, but doesn’t inspire confidence in the numbers.
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Not sure of that website but the sound rating appears as 66%.
 
Unlike other reviewers, they ignore price when scoring. The KEF LS50 Meta gets a sound rating of 43%, but gets a 100% Reference award, for example.

It's an odd system.
 
Warszawa said:
Unlike other reviewers, they ignore price when scoring. The KEF LS50 Meta gets a sound rating of 43%, but gets a 100% Reference award, for example.
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I haven’t followed the link to the site, but I don’t understand what this signifies. What is a reference award?

edit: I’ve now briefly visited the site and the scoring seems incomprehensible. One Accuphase amp gets an overall sound score of 84% despite scoring much more than 84% in all but one aspect, and no lower score than 84%. Another scores a lowest score of 82%, but an overall score of 86%
 
On the website, sound rating is based upon: ‘Overall integrity and realism of sound, enveloping, realism and immersing of sound, true to original’.

So a bit subjective then
 
Like I said, a guess. It's their "Editor's choice" or "Highly recommended".

Don't shoot the messenger. All reviews are subjective. I just like the website design.
 
Big Yamaha only 31, a bit suspicious. On web page it is 2000, not 3000, still it looks serious amplifier, good words at the time.
 
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