New from Luxman is the C-10X, the successor to the C-900u launched in 2013, however within the type of a very redesigned amplifier.
Within the amplifier part, Luxman’s new LIFES amplification suggestions engine, which was first adopted for the M-10X flagship energy amplifier, is put in for the primary time in a management amplifier.
4 fully-balanced preamplifier blocks, beneath fully similar working circumstances, obtain “pristine purity” and a pure, three-dimensional sound. Luxman’s unique electronically managed attenuator, LECUA, is immediately related to the preamplifier part, translating quantity management operation into attenuation in superb increments of 0.5dB.
The rotary encoder system is pushed by a classy quantity knob, with its built-in heavyweight damping mechanism, put in on the entrance panel. The C-10X is supplied with LECUA-EX, which reproduces the texture of conventional audio tools, however with fashionable know-how beneath the hood, and achieves easy and tactile quantity management, whereas totally suppressing sound high quality deterioration.
The outside expresses a three-dimensional layering with a daring distinction between the genuine, blasted white end entrance panel, inherited from the C-900u, and a contemporary hairline end prime panel.
To realize its flagship pedigree, the C-10X management amplifier is a C-series mannequin revision, the primary in 10 years, with loads of luxurious options distinctive to high-end merchandise. As the right accomplice to the M-10X energy amplifier, it’s geared up with our newest LIFES amplification suggestions engine and as a controller, it attracts out peak efficiency from any energy amplifier.
Since its founding, Luxman has developed quite a few amplifier circuits so as to obtain the very best efficiency and musicality required of high-end audio amplifiers. ODNF (Solely Distortion Adverse Suggestions) 1.0, which was first utilized in automotive audio amplifiers in 1999, achieved wonderful static traits with out feeding again the precise musical part of the audio sign to the principle amplifier, offering pure distortion elimination, virtually like a non-feedback geared up mannequin.
As an epoch-making amplifier circuit that gives wonderful sound high quality, Luxman’s system has steadily advanced as much as its ultimate model, ODNF-u, which debuted in 2020. In 2021, in anticipation of the one centesimal anniversary, Luxman accomplished work on a brand new amplification suggestions system, LIFES, which is put in in Luxman’s new flagship C-10X management amplifier.
The LIFES amplifier suggestions engine tremendously improves the static traits of the ODNF system and Luxman has made enhancements to the differential amplifier that detects distortion within the sign. Numerous approaches have been thought-about on the design stage and, by adopting an N-channel twin JFET with audio traits within the first stage of the differential amplifier, distortion detection accuracy was tremendously improved.
With a view to assist delicate amplification operations that precisely convey the entire nuances in a music sign, the mixture of a twin packaged management components and enhancements to the fixed voltage circuitry contribute to steady operation, as did the adoption of US-made Zener diodes (Vishay), with the emphasis on audio high quality.
The brand new, extremely steady energy provide is immune to enter and output load fluctuations, AC and DC achieve variations and has wonderful regulation efficiency that faithfully helps copy of the best musical particulars.
For the aim of steady operation, LIFES options 4 present mirror-type fixed present circuits and twin transistors for every channel to totally eradicate the consequences of fluctuations in ambient temperature and energy provide voltage within the listening room.
Moreover, the temperature compensation of the present amplification stage combines a transistor and a thermistor to suppress bias fluctuations, bettering the circuit for extra steady operation.
A quantity management perform is crucial for audio amplifiers and it’s essential to have a mechanism that easily attenuates the voltage whereas sustaining the standard of the enter supply so as to output audio at a degree appropriate for listening on a set achieve energy amplifier.
Luxman’s unique LECUA is an electronically managed attenuator system that switches impartial, high-quality fastened resistor steps for every channel, organized orderly on the circuit board in response to the place of the amount management.
The C-10X combines a high-precision rotary encoder with a newly developed heavyweight rotation mechanism to finish the LECUA-EX system, attaining better reliability and a pure, high-quality really feel over 192 superb steps from 0 to 95.5dB. Elevated quantity knob rotation pace and long-pressing of the amount buttons on the distant management reasonably speed up the rise or lower of the output degree.
Combining Luxman’s unique LECUA electronically managed attenuator with a heavy rotary mechanism realises high-precision quantity management over 192 steps of 0.5dB. The achieve of the preamp circuitry that handles a large dynamic vary has been elevated to 15dB, the place its predecessor, the C-900u, was 12dB.
The Luxman C-10X preamplifier is on the market to order now at an RRP of £16,000 inc. VAT.
Luxman merchandise are dropped at Britain by IAG UK.
