Luxman S-105
Little is documented about the Luxman S-105 beyond its bare specifications. The record shows a three-way, three-driver bass-reflex floorstander from the Japanese manufacturer. It has a 25 cm cone woofer, a 12 cm cone midrange and a 2.5 cm dome tweeter, in a rear-ported cabinet measuring 320 × 560 × 340 mm. It weighs 21 kg. Both surviving database entries agree on the essentials: a rated input of 70W (110W maximum), sensitivity of 91 dB/W/m, and a frequency response of 42 Hz to 22 kHz.
The sources split on the fine print. HiFi Engine lists the nominal impedance as 8 ohms with a lower crossover point of 500 Hz. Audio Database gives 6 ohms and 600 Hz. Both agree on the upper crossover at 3.5 kHz. The original price appears only in the English-mode listing at Audio Database: 128,000 yen, with no launch year attached.
The S-105 exists in the archival record mainly as a spec sheet. It is a conventionally specified Luxman design from the company's speaker era, and nothing beyond the numbers is documented. A period test report in HiFi-Stereo (February 1988, p.50) focused on the associated R-115 receiver rather than the S-105 loudspeaker itself.
Known specifications (as corroborated by at least two sources):
- Type: 3-way, 3-speaker bass-reflex system (rear ported)
- Drivers: 25 cm cone woofer, 12 cm cone midrange, 2.5 cm dome tweeter
- Rated input: 70W (max 110W)
- Frequency response: 42 Hz – 22 kHz
- Sensitivity: 91 dB/W/m
- Dimensions: 320 × 560 × 340 mm (W×H×D)
- Weight: 21 kg
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