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The Luxman P-100 Centennial Headphone Amplifier is a flagship model released to commemorate Luxman's 100th anniversary. This high-end headphone amplifier is designed to deliver exceptional sound quality and versatility, making it a perfect choice for audiophiles headphone enthusiasts.
Key Features:
Amplification Circuitry: The P-100 features Luxman's latest LIFES amplification technology, ensuring a rich and detailed sound field. It supports both balanced and unbalanced outputs, with a rated output of 4W+4W (unbalanced, 8Ω load) and 8W+8W (balanced, 16Ω load), reaching up to 20W+20W in balanced mode at 8Ω load.Output Configurations: It offers multiple output modes, including parallel BTL and ground-independent configurations, allowing compatibility with a wide range of high-end headphones. For ultimate performance, two P-100 units can be used in dual mono mode, employing eight amplifier circuits.
Volume Control: The amplifier uses Luxman's LECUA-EX electronically controlled attenuator system, providing precise volume adjustment over 200 steps with a smooth rotary encoder. This ensures detailed sound reproduction even at low volumes.
Power Supply: Equipped with large-capacity transformers and filter capacitors, the power supply is highly regulated to ensure stable and high-quality sound output. The design includes separate power transformer feeds for the left and right channels.
Design and Build: The P-100 boasts a robust and luxurious design with an oversized aluminum bonnet, a thick steel base plate, and a glossy chrome "CENTENNIAL" nameplate. The unit is designed to minimize vibrations and ensure optimal signal transmission.
Overall, the Luxman P-100 Centennial is a masterpiece of audio engineering, offering unparalleled sound quality and versatility for the most discerning headphone listeners.
Luxman’s first 100th anniversary modelHeadphone amplifier P-100 CENTENNIALIn 2002, the P-1 was developed as a new genre that embodied the product idea of a power amplifier dedicated to headphones, repurposing the unique ODNF technology developed as an amplification circuit for speaker driving power amplifiers. At the time, the P-1 was launched in the market for full-scale headphone listeners, which was not as large as it is today, and it quickly attracted the attention of many high-end users, and its unique sound quality was recognized as a reference for headphone builders and recording studio monitors. After that, in 2012, the P-700u was the first to fully balance the circuit ahead of many other companies. As a way to improve the unique connection situation of headphones, where the signal ground is shared between the left and right channels, many users now enjoy the high performance of balanced connections, from portable to stationary environments.And now it has been 22 years since the introduction of the P-1. The latest headphone amplifier, the 7th generation P-100 CENTENNIAL, is an amplifier product that drives all kinds of headphones in every direction, and is released as a flagship model commemorating the 100th anniversary of the company’s founding, generously incorporating the best circuits and materials that Luxman can currently imagine.
At its heart is the unique amplification feedback circuit LIFES, which Luxman developed as a core technology that should be installed in its product lineup after the 100th anniversary. It achieves a generous output of rated 4W+4W (unbalanced output 8Ω load) and 8W+8W (balanced output 16Ω load), and has achieved the same rich sound field space, delicate expressiveness, and magnificent sound full of energy as the flagship power amplifier model M-10X. In order to support high sound quality and high power, it is equipped with a large-capacity high-inertia power supply with a completely independent left and right configuration from the power transformer to the regulator and block capacitor.In addition, multiple output modes such as parallel, BTL, and ground independence, which combine the four built-in amplifier circuits, are available to select from, assuming connection to high-end headphones with various characteristics from all over the world. In addition, as a special mode, two P-100 CENTENNIALs are used to operate in mono, and an ultimate parallel BTL balanced output setting using a total of eight amplifier circuits is also available. It is also expandable so that it can fully demonstrate its capabilities in combination with headphones with unknown characteristics that will be released in the future.
In addition to the conventional functions, utilities for achieving comfortable listening include the adoption of the high-purity electronically controlled attenuator LECUA-EX with 200 stages in 0.5 dB steps, consisting of a combination of a volume knob with a smooth and moderate weight and a rotary encoder, a large 3-digit 7-segment LED, and a VOLUME LIMIT function to protect your ears from excessive volume.As an exterior suitable for a flagship, it is equipped with a high-rigidity housing and an extremely thick bottom steel plate that have been enlarged to support a large amount of material, an oversized bonnet with a hairline finish on three sides, and a “CENTENNIAL” nameplate representing the 100th anniversary. The P-100 CENTENNIAL is an anniversary model from Luxman, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary soon, dedicated to all headphone lovers who aim for the pinnacle of direct listening, and it delivers overwhelming drivability and musicality.
Features
A fully balanced headphone amplifier with 4 amplifier circuits A wide range of output terminals compatible with various headphone plugs (unbalanced 6.3mm, balanced 4.4mm, balanced XLR-4P, balanced XLR-3P*) Dedicated terminal for parallel BTL balanced output mode using two units A total of 4 output configurations to choose from according to the desired performance and sound quality. 3 inputs (unbalanced RCA, balanced XLR) that can connect multiple source devices ×2) and through output (unbalanced RCA) function-
Precise volume adjustment with a rotary encoder with 200 levels in 0.5dB steps from 0 to -99.5dB-Large 7-segment LED for 3-digit volume display with excellent visibility-Two types of output mode switching available when using balanced output terminals (BAL: BTL balanced / G-DIV [GROUND DIVIDE]: Parallel unbalanced with ground separated for LR)-Three-level sensitivity switching (0, -6, -12dB) and LR balance adjustment (0.5dB steps, LR 0 to -12dB) without increasing unnecessary contacts by applying the circuit of the volume control mechanism LECUA, and volume mute function-VOLUME to set the upper limit of the volume to protect your ears from excessive volume LIMIT function (6 levels: OFF, -10, -20, -30, -40, -50dB) A luxurious parallel BTL balanced output mode is available, consisting of a total of 8 amplifier circuits using two P-100s (see the connection image below)
Electrical circuit Equipped with four Luxman’s latest amplification feedback engine LIFES1.0 Rated output of 4W+4W (unbalanced output 8Ω load) and 8W+8W (balanced output 16Ω load) that linearly follows the load resistance of various headphones. Maximum output is 20W+20W (balanced output 8Ω load) Within the rated output, one output element amplifies all musical waveforms, achieving pure class A operation without switching distortion (unbalanced output 32Ω load) The volume control mechanism uses the latest solid-state drive that does not lose musical details even at low volume The LECUA-EX combines a state-type high-purity electronically controlled attenuator with a heavy rotating mechanism to provide a high-quality feel. The power supply section is equipped with two large-capacity OI-type transformers for the amplifier circuit, and a transformer for the peripheral circuits for relay switching and LED indicators. The power stage uses a large-capacity high-inertia power supply circuit with four 10,000μF block capacitors and four 3,300μF block capacitors for the driver stage, with left and right independent configurations. Large, low-resistance speaker relays are connected in parallel to thoroughly reduce the impedance of the output line that drives the headphones. Theory-backed construction, such as Beeline construction, which configures the signal flow to be the most rational and shortest wiring path, and round pattern wiring that achieves smooth, stress-free signal transmission. A wealth of carefully crafted technology
Design, mechanism, and accessories The glossy chrome-plated “CENTENNIAL” nameplate is only fitted to the 100th anniversary model The case size has been significantly increased from the previous model (P-750uII) (panel height 80 → 120mm) to accommodate the amount of material required to achieve overwhelming flagship performance The 6mm-thick three-sided aluminum increases the rigidity of the case, and the fine hairline finish and the powerful face that protrudes from the front panel create a luxurious feel for a top-end product Oversized bonnet Extra thick 4.1mm (2.9+1.2mm) steel bottom chassis that increases ground mass and also acts as a heat sink for the power block Gradient cast iron legs that protect delicate micro-level music signals from unnecessary vibrations Gold-plated AC inlet with a different mounting direction that allows the entire terminal to support the weight of the cable JPA-15000 power cable (with polarity mark) uses 3.5mm² high-purity OFC wire with a non-twisted structure and a gold-plated plug
