Calling all conrad johnson afficianos ....

I have a Classic 2SE and was originally using it with an amp with too high input sens. At 8 o’clock on the volume it was almost too loud. I swapped that amp with a pair of Quicksilver Mid Monos which happened to be much lower input sens. and power rating and  the problem with the volume ramping up too fast was solved.

What was strange is that after swapping speakers, 87dB sens for 99dB efficient ones the volume’s sweet spot seemed more normal than before with the old amp.

Just wanted to add, I do believe that the classic CJ preamps have too high of a sensitivity. In some cases this is an easy mod by an experienced tube tech.

You'll definitely get less noise out of them.

Best,
E

Thanks Eric!