The Premier 14 was the the step down below the ART before the 16 replaced it. I owned a Premier 14 which has more of the older CJ house sound than the more neutral ART, 16, 17 etc. I'm not sure the 14 has 100 steps it uses ~23 vishay's into 3 combinations to come up with all the volumn steps.. it didn't have the adjustment of my Placette Active and I sold it because of this and because of CJ's awful repair service (6months and 3 roundtrips mailings to get something taken care of plus double billing for not fixing it the first time..)
As much as I like the look and sound I will never own one of their components.
As much as I like the look and sound I will never own one of their components.