preamp for CJ premier 11A power amp

depends what sound profile you are looking for and what speakers you are driving

the cj prem 11a is a nice relaxed tubey sounding amp but has trouble with controlling and driving harder to drive speakers... best to use higher efficiency speakers with benign impedance

i personally think an older cj preamp/linestage into a prem 11a is too much of a good thing in the warm and fuzzy golden glowy sound direction, but as i said, it depends what rest of system is

the premier 11a drives a pair of b&w 804s speakers. CALicon mkii and cl20 cd players and a rega p25 turntable. ive also been looking at the bryston bp20 and a classe cp50

Check out Van Alstine. Stick with a tube preamp!
https://avahifi.com/collections/preamplifiers

op

it has been a couple decades since i had a premier 11 a amp... remind me does that amp have 4 and 8 ohm output taps?

the b&w 804's are fairly high efficiency but impedance in the bass dips kinda low iirc... think 4 ohm taps will do better driving them

sonically it should be a nice match as the tubey goodness of the premier 11a will mate well with b&w sharp sounding tweeter and somewhat thin midrange

frank van alstine makes truly excellent sounding solidly built (but not luxurious feeling) gear...