The short answer

The Luxman 100 Anniversary Centennial Set is a four piece limited edition system finished in black anodized aluminum with gold accents and CENTENNIAL nameplates. Inside are the L-509Z Black Edition integrated amplifier, the D-07X Black Edition SACD and CD player, the PD-151 MkII Black Edition turntable, and the NT-07 Black Edition network transport. The set itself is rare enough that almost no owner impressions of the complete set exist in public, so this post is honest about that: every sound quote below is about the individual pieces, each thoroughly reviewed, and each sharing the engineering of its Black Edition twin. The consensus is strong. Effortless uncolored amplification, smooth and musical digital playback, an unfussy turntable that runs true, and a streamer reviewers call one of the best pure transports they have heard. Our price is $43,180. We have one set, sold as open box display, with the full factory warranty through All Elite Audio, an authorized Luxman dealer.

What is the Centennial Set?

Luxman was founded in 1925, and 2025 marked the company's 100th year. To mark it, Luxman produced a Black Edition run of four of its most established models, each finished in black anodized aluminum with gold accents and a chrome CENTENNIAL nameplate. UK press reported the run as strictly limited, with about 100 systems produced worldwide and offered as complete four piece systems only.

Two centennial lines exist, and they are easy to confuse. The Black Edition set covered here is an anniversary finish treatment of existing flagship models. Separately, Luxman introduced new CENTENNIAL models including the L-100 pure Class A integrated amplifier, the D-100 SACD player, and the B-100 monoblocks. Those are different products and are not in this set. If you see the L-100 name in centennial coverage, that is a different amplifier.

What is in the set

What it sounds like, in reviewers' and owners' words

An honest note before the quotes. No public owner reviews of the complete Black Edition set were found on Reddit, the Audiogon forums, the Steve Hoffman Forums, Audio Science Review, or YouTube. The set is too rare and too new for that. Every quote below is about the standard version of one of the four pieces, and each is labeled with the piece it is about. Dealer listings and press describe the Black Editions as the same engineering in the anniversary finish, so these impressions describe what you would hear.

The amplifier: L-509Z

L-509Z images were large, dense, and spatially profound, presented within a soundstage of considerable scale. This is an amp of brilliant purity and fluid communication.

Ken Micallef, Stereophile, on the standard L-509Z

Its message is clarity, balance, coherence, seamlessness, quietude, and a certain invisibility.

Ken Micallef, Stereophile, on the standard L-509Z

Reviewer Steve Huff, who spent extended time with the amp, wrote that no matter what music he cued up it brought excitement, slam, and dynamics for days with an effortless drive, and that voices came out in 3D into the room with a realism that was palpable. An Audiogon owner who moved to the L-509Z from McIntosh wrote of the bass: tight and full, but not bloated, bass that has texture and speed.

The disc player: D-07X

A pleasing roundedness to the singers and a more relaxed and easeful presentation. This player does not, however, fall short when it comes to power, slam, dynamics, and the like.

The Absolute Sound, on the standard D-07X

The same review found the D-07X's DAC section a clear step up from a Bluesound Node 2i used as a source, with the music emerging with more life, vitality, and visceral immediacy. Fidelity Magazine in Germany called it composed but not unenthusiastic on orchestral music, and noted it draws out the differences between SACD, CD, and streaming versions of the same album clearly and convincingly.

The turntable: PD-151 MkII

It looks beautiful, feels beautiful, and is beautifully made; but most importantly, it also sounds beautiful.

Stereophile, Class A Recommended Component, on the standard PD-151 MkII

Stereophile's measurements found wow and flutter at 0.02 percent, about half the factory rating, and called the deck about as unfussy and long lasting as turntables come. Reviewer Paul Wilson played a much loved 1973 pressing of Deep Purple's Made in Japan and wrote that he was shocked to discover it was nearly silent, with almost no pops or clicks, and that the opening played with magnificent definition and dynamics. SoundStage! Ultra's Garrett Hongo wrote that he was deeply impressed with its sonic density, thrilling dynamic shifts, saturated tones, and realistic instrumental textures. An Audiogon owner simply wrote that he loves the heaviness of the unit and that it is built solid.

The streamer: NT-07

The best pure streamer we have heard.

Stereofil, Norway, on the standard NT-07 (translated)

The NT-07's hardware is built by Luxman in Japan while its software and control app were developed with Lumin, a company with long experience in network playback. Review coverage of Luxman's centennial line at a Canadian dealer event described the sound through the new pieces as vibrant, live, and expansive, with a spacious soundstage and deep in room extension.

Five things said about the pieces

1. 1 The amplifier disappears into the music

   Stereophile's Ken Micallef found the L-509Z beyond quiet, with no obvious signature of its own. He called it largely music and equipment agnostic, letting recordings speak whether they came from streaming or vinyl. The Ear's reviewer, after playing everything from solo piano to electronica, wrote that at no point did the Luxman fail to offer as beguiling a version as he has ever heard of those pieces.

2. 2 The disc player favors musical ease over clinical edge

   The Absolute Sound described the D-07X as smoother and prettier than its reference, trading a touch of etched detail for a presentation that stays relaxed on close miked recordings while keeping its power and slam. Owners who want digital that sounds like music rather than like a test bench keep coming back to that quality.

3. 3 The turntable is built like a vault and runs true

   Stereophile measured speed accuracy at twice the factory claim, with a motor so quiet it could not be heard through a stethoscope on the top plate. The deck weighs nearly 35 pounds, the platter alone is a 4.0 kg machined aluminum slab, and reviewers keep returning to the same word: unfussy.

4. 4 The streamer earns superlatives when paired with a DAC

   The NT-07 has no DAC of its own, which is exactly why the Norwegian dealer Stereofil called it the best pure streamer they have heard: it does one job. In this set it feeds the D-07X, so the pairing is already solved for you, with Roon, Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, NAS, and HDMI sources all covered.

5. 5 The set itself is a collector piece

   StereoNET's announcement of the Black Edition package called it an ultra limited celebration of a century of Japanese audio excellence. Reviewer Steve Huff reported that Dedicated Audio bought set number one of the US allocation and wrote that only 20 sets were made available for the US market. UK press reported about 100 systems worldwide. Whichever number your market saw, the point stands: this is not a catalog item.

The features, named by name

• LIFES 1.0. Luxman Integrated Feedback Engine System, used in both the preamp and power amp sections of the L-509Z. It feeds back only the distortion components generated during amplification, which is how the amp measures clean without sounding flattened.
• LECUA-EX. Luxman's electronically controlled attenuator, an 88 step computerized volume control that avoids the noise and channel tracking errors of a conventional volume pot.
• LTA-309. The PD-151 MkII's S shaped tonearm with a concealed knife edge bearing, developed with the Japanese tonearm maker SAEC after Jelco closed its doors.
• BD34301EKV. ROHM manufactured DAC chips in a dual mono configuration inside the D-07X, with full MQA decoding and support to 32 bit/768 kHz and DSD 22.4 MHz over USB.
• Two mode analog FIR filter. A selectable filter in the D-07X that lets you choose your preferred voicing for SACD and DSD playback.
• PID control. The brushless DC motor in the PD-151 MkII uses PID speed control with three selectable speeds and plus/minus 6 percent independent fine adjustment per speed.
• PEEK thrust bearing. A stainless steel spindle running on a polyetheretherketone thrust bearing with brass radial bearings, part of why the deck's measured wow and flutter came in at 0.02 percent.
• LUXMAN Stream. The free control app for the NT-07, developed with Lumin, covering source selection, playlists, and settings on phone and tablet, alongside an aluminum infrared remote.
• Pentaconn 4.4 mm. The L-509Z's balanced headphone jack with independent left and right grounding for improved separation, next to a standard 6.3 mm jack.
• CENTENNIAL nameplate. The chrome badge on each component marking the 100th anniversary finish, over black anodized aluminum with gold accents.

YouTube coverage

An honest note: we found no standalone YouTube review of the complete four piece Black Edition set. Coverage lives at the level of the individual pieces. FutureAudiophile's PD-151 MkII review page, for example, carries an embedded video of the turntable in action. If you want to see and hear what is inside this set, the per piece reviews are where to look.

Honest criticisms

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• StereoNET Luxman Marks 100 Years with Exclusive Black Centennial Package
• Stereophile Luxman and Marten Find Show-Stopping Symmetry, coverage of the Centennial Edition system
• hi-fi+ Sonic sensations mark Luxman's centenary celebrations, May 9, 2025
• Stereophile Luxman L-509Z Integrated Amplifier, review by Ken Micallef
• Steve Huff The Luxman 509 Z Review, May 2025
• The Ear Luxman L-509Z Japanese Metal Machine
• The Absolute Sound Luxman D-07X Multi-Format Disc Player and DAC
• Fidelity Magazine Luxman D-07X
• Stereophile Luxman PD-151 Mark II Record Player, Class A Recommended Component
• FutureAudiophile Luxman PD-151 Mark II Turntable Reviewed, by Paul Wilson
• Stereofil Luxman NT-07 (Norwegian dealer)
• PMA Magazine Listening to Luxman's New Centennial Products
• Audiogon SACD player that sounds best in my system, owner discussion
• Audiogon Luxman Centennial 4 Piece Stack Black Edition, dealer listing