Luxman EQ-500 Phono stage £5499

The Luxman is a premium phono stage worthy of the very best of systems

View online review whf.cm/EQ_500 Phono stages aren’t the most glamorous item in a hi-fi chain. But if you want to hear your cherished record player at its best, a good one is essential. We have heard few better than Luxman’s EQ-500. Luxman has built the EQ-500 into full-sized casework and packed it full of toggle switches, dials and signal-level meters. It is hard to think of a more feature-packed alternative, and the majority of these features are very useful too. There are switches to govern whether the unit sends out the signal balanced or single-ended, and its phase. Further toggles govern impedance (for moving-magnet cartridges only), high- and low-pass filtering, type (moving magnet, high- and low-output moving coil), stereo/mono switching and inputs. This phono stage has an usual two-stage gain…

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