Conrad Johnson--does anyone use this brand anymore?

I've been smitten with CJ ever since hearing a buddy's PV5 preamp.  Was it "colored"?  Did it have a touch of honey about it? Yep.  But every time we listened to music through it I found myself relaxed and smiling.  Not bad!

I've been using a Bob Backert heavily modified PV12L for years now and it is awesome.  Even before the mods. that CJ smooooooothness was there.  I always attribute much of their gears' sonic success at the attention to the power supplies in their designs.

Almost bought a CJ SS amp years ago, but ironically enough went the McCormack route.  As fate would have it, McCormack is now a CJ line!

Hey jafant,

Speakers are Wilson Yvette (a nice upgrade from Sasha 1), most cables are Wireworld silver over copper, a JA Audio f113 sub, Marantz SA7 S1 CD/SACD, Ayre QB9 DAC, Shunyata power conditioning, Magnum Dynalab Tuner, MacBook Pro running Tidal, Qobuz, Audrivana and Roon.  Happy Camper here.

Very nice gear- coppy777

I am fond of the Premier 350sa power amp. I know it gives hours of listening pleasure. Did you buy it new?

Happy Listening!

jafant... yes, everything was purchased new.  That was a while ago however and I still use it regularly.  It's very powerful.  BTW, for anybody who'd interested, the c-j LP140 monos came with 6550 power tubes.  After a few years and at the suggestion of Lew Johnson, I replaced them with KT120s.  Nice sounding and lots of headroom.  Those tubes are now about five years old.  I was talking with Jeff Fischel at c-j a few weeks ago and he recommended Gold Lion KT88s.  Just put a set of them in this week... a nice improvement, better mids and way more dynamic.  Very pleased.

Very sweet! coppy777
Happy Listening!