Luxman A-225

Documentation on the Luxman A-225 is genuinely thin — there is no confirmed production run, no original price, and no manufacturer literature in the archive; the only period mention in the archive is a brief classified advertisement from Audio (April 1983, p.84). What survives comes down to a single enthusiast account, and even that account carries a small conflict: one source calls it an "MOS FET class A amplifier," another simply a "class A amp" without specifying the output devices. Rather than guess, I’ll stick to what’s consistent across the record.

What is known: the A-225 is a compact class A amplifier rated at 50 watts per channel into 8 ohms. One long-term owner describes it as beautifully built and, after a recap/rebuild, still very much in active service — "has grunt to spare" is the phrase used, mated with a Decware ZBOX and Klipsch RP-280F speakers. The same owner notes it can be driven from a preamp’s output, confirming it works as a standalone power amplifier. That it required a recap at some point suggests an older unit, but no specific failure modes are documented.

Beyond that, the record is silent. No dimensions, no frequency response figures, no THD or S/N specs, no input configuration details, and no sense of where it sat in Luxman’s lineup. If you own one and have the manual or measurements, the archive would welcome the correction — for now, this is the honest extent of what’s verifiable.