Luxman M-363

Thanks to Alpine support throughout the 1980s, Luxman had been able to reenter the truly high-end market... in Japan. When Alpine went away, Lux tried to reenter the export market as well, with less exclusive lineups.

Enter the 300 series which were all part of the first AZDEN-built lineups which, however, also made the very exclusive L-580 and continued to make Luxman's high-end components until the late 1990s.

The M-363 is basically an M-375 without the VU meters or input pots ; both share the same specifications

Like all of the successful 300 Series, the build-quality has nothing in common with an L-500 but is clearly on the ex-Alpine side, like the LV-105 or LV-109 were : industrial and banal.

The circuit is typical Lux : Duo-ßeta, Star and Line-Phase sensor.
The hardware is solid if undistinguished : diecast aluminium heatsink in "chimney" style, EI trafo, two caps and that's it.