Great warm sound, strong bass range, very solid and reliable, cheap these days.

High range underemphasized, slightly noisy.

I bought this a couple of years ago at a second hand shop where they strongly recommended it, saying 'this amp will last at least another 50 years'. I must say it hasn't disappointed me. I actually make sort of untypical use of it in my home studio with a pair of measly JBL Control 1 hooked to it. But it's able to breathe some warmth even into those tinny little speakers, better so than many modern dedicated studio amps. Despite the fact that it only does a nominal 20+20W @ 8 Ohm, I'm quite sure it would blow the 75W speakers at full volume. The sound is very warm and analogue-ish yet lacking a bit at the high end. The bass range is powerful. It doesn't sound very clean and hi-fi overall and there's a notable basic hiss in it. But I don't mind, as it fits the overall characteristics. This is a vintage piece of equipment with a rosewood casing and brushed aluminium front panel which as I've found out was introduced to the market in 1972, so expect it to sound like that. It seems very solid, built like a tank, and you notice it was high-end at the time it was built. As for use in a hi-fi system, it's probably best hooked to a (Luxman?) turntable. It's a solid state model not a tube amp, so don't expect the utmost in warmth and smoothness, but I think it still beats way more expensive modern amps in that field. So if you can find one, for the ridiculously low price it's a great buy.

Smooth warm tone and it looks beautiful!

Some tweaking needed to get a 'flat' freq. response. It is so rare that if anything ever happens to it, I think I'll struggle to find parts! There are only two (including this one) referals to it on the entire web!

This int. amp is great. I still have no idea why I bought it, I guess I'm just a sucker for vintage equipment. I don't really have a use for it right now, but certainly have plans for it. It will make for a great garage stereo amp when I find the time to build some nice speakers to go with it. As with most 1970's audio gear, the pots were producing lots of noise as I turned them, but I soon fixed that with a $10 can of electrical spray cleaner. Just for the sake of it I hooked it up along side my Marantz reciever, driving one speaker each, and the Luxman really showed it's colours! It has a smooth warmish tone. I'de have to say over all the 'newer' Marantz had the better tone (cleaner), (the 700x seemed to boost the mids a little - which was however, easily fixed by boosting the treble and bass) for the price I payed, I am very happy - I'm sure these rare gems will only rise in value over the years!

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Low volumn strength and no loss at high volumn. Also great basses.

The whole system is static and de volumn knob gives terrible noise by low volumn when I turned it open!

I purchased the 700x Luxman in a second-hand shop two years ago. I think the 700x is about 20 years old... I was impressed by the sound he gives. A beautyfull warm sound!
My Sony (3 years old) never gives the same full, rich sound than this old Luxman!!

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Bose 601 speakers and an Siemens cd player...