440 Pro sound comparison.

[Pim]

Mildly amusing; I remember, years ago, when Luxman had an integrated amp that was a 'hybrid', in that it had a tube in the amp, fetchingly displayed in a fancy window on the front panel. Later a publication removed the tube and found that it was not actually part of the sound chain, as the sound continued. Lux later claimed the tube was there to keep things warm... it wasn't a very good sounding amp in any event.

That's interesting Damon. I actually had a mate who had one of those amps and this was right about the time that I was looking to buy a new integrated. The three brands I was looking at were Luxman, Yamaha and Denon. I settled on the Denon because it was the middle ground between the Yamaha that was too bright and the Luxman that was a bit too soft (Because, I thought, of the tube  )