I was drawn to the smoky, nearly sunburst finish of the Luxman D-30u CD player, which offers a choice between solid-state and ECC82 vacuum tube playback. The matching SQ-30u vacuum tube integrated amp offers 30Wpc and has a selectable MM/MC phono stage; MC cartridges are handled by a step-up trannie. Cool.
I still have my old Luxman's in their rosewood finishes and they still keep going and going. I assume this crop is way better than my old Luxman's and god how I would love to have that thing.