Luxman LV-107u (1990 - 1993+)
		Depending on the market, the LUXMAN logo was preceded by the ALPINE logo. The BRID (hybrid...) series was a fair attempt at (re)gaining a little bit of warmth in the middle of a "black" decade. And a good idea that many "smaller" manufacturers took on but which, paradoxically, didn't do much for LUX who was -under the Alpine impulse- striving to become a bit less exclusive. Looks-wise (and LUX-wise :-), a champagne front-plate would have been more befitting and wood-sides should have been standard for the whole series, too. But, given the original timeframe, black probably was the thing to adopt... The long production run of the series, however, shows that if the Brid units didn't make LUX a bestselling brand, it helped keep that glorious name fairly in sight until the early/mid 90s... The 1984/85 introduction of the LV-104 was received with a "Good Design" award from the japanese industry. The LV-107U was a late (too late?) addition to the series and is, unlike the smaller LV-105 sibling, rather rare. The same fate befell the equivalent CD player : D-107u. The "U" postfix designates the updated versions that saw among other things the addition of composite video inputs ; the 107U was introduced at that time and there is therefore no "non-U" version of the 107U. Read Zeljko's review for (much) more !