Luxman D-105 CD Player

Name: Luxman D-105
Brand: Luxman

The Luxman D-105 is a heavyweight CD player from the mid-1980s. It survives mostly through database listings, not period reviews. It was clearly aimed at the high end. At 25.1 lbs and over 18 inches wide, it was built like Luxman's better amplifiers of the era, not like a budget digital deck.

According to the Audio Database entry, the most distinctive thing about the D-105 is its dual monaural construction, with separate power transformers for the digital and analog sections. The same source credits it with a high-precision 8x oversampling digital filter and dual PLL clock recovery. Audio (October 1991, p.72) later noted that Luxman took its CD technology very seriously from the flagship D-105u down through the line. That suggests the original D-105 came out of the same engineering culture.

The specs get complicated. The Audio Database page contradicts itself on two points. It lists the D/A converter as both "18-bit linear" in the spec table and "two Philips TDA1541A dual 16-bit DACs" in the descriptive text. The digital output is also described as both optical and coaxial (RCA). The Philips TDA1541A is a well-known 16-bit chip and the descriptive text is more specific, so the 16-bit dual-DAC reading looks likelier, but it can't be confirmed. The frequency response figure varies between sources too: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.5dB per the Audio Database spec table, and 5-20,000Hz per a vintageshack.com listing. The latter may simply be describing the roll-off more generously.

The database entries agree on a few things: frequency response of 20-20kHz ±0.5dB, THD under 0.003%, signal-to-noise ratio of 110dB, and a 2V output. The unit runs on 120V or 220/240V AC. No production years, original retail price, or owner reviews have surfaced. A single eBay listing observed it in "untested" condition at $18.50.

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