Luxman 5000A
Documentation on the Luxman 5000A is thin. The model shows up mainly in early-1980s buyer's-guide listings, and even the name wobbles. The May 1980 entry calls it "C-5000A," which suggests the full control-amplifier name.
That HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers entry (May 1980, p.18) is the most informative. It says the unit takes a moving-coil step-up transformer that plugs directly into it. It gives an A-weighted signal-to-noise ratio of more than 80 dB through the moving-magnet phono stage, and above 100 dB through the tuner and auxiliary inputs (HiFI-Stereo, May 1980, p.18). The bass and treble tone controls had a choice of nine turnover frequencies (HiFI-Stereo, May 1980, p.18).
A later listing in the same publication (1981, p.60) classes the 5000A as a preamplifier. It shows a balance control, an input selector with LED indication, tape monitor and tape dubbing switches, a -20 dB muting switch, a subsonic filter (-9 dB/octave at 10 Hz), and a headphone jack. IHF input sensitivity was listed at 0.5 mV for phono 1 and 2, 55 mV for aux and tuner, 62 mV for tape, and 0.45 mV at 1 kHz for the mic input.
Beyond those listings, little else is recorded. There is no full review, no confirmed production dates, and no period price in the available record.
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