Over the years, Luxman audio components have become synonymous with timeless products and uncompromising sound quality. When the audio industry moved en masse into transistor amplifiers, Luxman continued to create vacuum tube amplifiers without interruption. Landmark products include the SQ-5A vacuum tube integrated amplifier (1961), the PD-300 turntable with vacuum disc stabilizer (1980) and already in the digital age, the DU-10 universal disc player for CD, SACD and DVD Audio (2001). With the NT-07, Luxman introduces a new type of specialized component, enabling playback of a comprehensive range of digital file-based and streaming audio sources – for integration into quality component audio systems.
"The NT-07 accepts sound files from local storage and music streaming services via Ethernet, USB, and HDMI, provides comprehensive playback control, then outputs audio to any external digital-to-analog converter," explains Jeff Sigmund, president of Luxman America. "As Luxman begins celebrating our 100th anniversary heading into 2025, we’re offering the Luxman NT-07 solution to all audio enthusiasts as a component allowing musical enjoyment with more depth and variety than ever before.”
As befits a Luxman component, the circuitry, power supply and chassis layout have all been carefully considered. Luxman engineers identified and reduced all possible sources of noise. The core stages feature Luxman's latest generation of high-speed application processor modules, which provide the speed and power to handle complex operations. The power supply section is especially robust, fitted with a custom high-capacity transformer and a pair of special 10,000 µF filter capacitors. This highly regulated design maximizes stability while minimizing noise.
Central to the NT-07 is its ability to bring together and control many of today's premium audio sources with data clearly visible in its generous, amber Organic LED display. This offers track and artist names, elapsed time and details on the audio format type, sampling rate, and bit depth. A clever circle graphic depicts track elapsed time in relation to total time, starting as empty at the beginning and approaching the full circle as the track ends.
For Network Attached Storage (NAS), the RJ-45 Ethernet port receives audio data stored on network hard drives via the industry standard Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol, as well as the OpenHome platform. The NT-07 is particularly well suited for this use thanks to advanced power supply circuitry and noise suppression. Front or rear USB 2.0 ports also accept files directly from thumb drives and larger USB drives.
For subscription streaming services, the NT-07 offers access to millions of music tracks via popular streaming services (subscriptions required) such as Qobuz, TIDAL, and Spotify. In addition, the NT-07 works with TuneIn, a free service that delivers radio and podcasts from around the globe.
Luxman also anticipates upcoming Roon Ready certification for the NT-07. The Roon platform plays back music files from iOS, MacOS, and Windows OS devices and supports network streaming with easy-to-browse metadata, playlists, personalization, and the ability to display album, track, cover art, and lyrics on a TV or external display.
To support integrated audio/video systems, the NT-07 also provides HDMI in/out terminals. These handle audio signals from televisions, Blu-ray Disc players, game consoles, and other video sources. The NT-07 also supports Audio Return Channel (ARC) and two-channel HDMI audio output with PCM encoding up to 24-bit/192kHz sampling.
Independently of the source, the NT-07 will be able to play WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, MQA, MP3, AAC, and DSD (in both DSF and DFF versions) file formats. All options covered.
The uncluttered front panel has just one control, the power switch. Users can control the NT-07 by smartphone or tablet with the free Luxman Stream app for iOS and Android devices. The app enables listeners to configure, select sources, select songs, and control playback. For those preferring dedicated control, there is an aluminum IR remote control, the supplied RC-30, which enables listeners to operate the NT-07 without launching the app. The RC-30 can also control basic playback functions of Luxman disc players and up/down volume of Luxman integrated amplifiers or control amplifiers. To support unified system remote control, the NT-07 features rear-panel 12-volt control input/output terminals.
Faithful to Luxman's audio component approach, the NT-07 requires connection to either any outboard digital-to-analog converter or a disc player featuring internal D/A converter access via its digital inputs, such as the Luxman D-07X, D-10X, D-03X and D-N150. The NT-07 provides digital output via USB, optical, or coaxial terminals. The USB subsystem supports PCM sampling up to 32-bit/768kHz and DSD sampling up to 22.5 MHz. The optical and coaxial outputs achieve up to 24-bit/192kHz sampling. To accommodate the widest range of D/A converters, the NT-07 provides MQA decoding with three selectable modes, Off, Core Decoding and Pass-Through.
For best results, the intelligent resampling function matches the sampling frequency and bit depth supported by the connected D/A converter and supports PCM at sampling rates from 44.1 to 384kHz, with individual up/down sampling settings.
The NT-07 network transport is available now at a suggested retail price of $7,495 (and you will still need a DAC...).
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