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by Mcbrion
Mon Oct 05, 2015 4:20 pm
Forum: Preamps
Topic: Gain Issue
Replies: 5
Views: 1670

Re: Gain Issue

Thanks for the suggestion. I usually ground the preamp and lift the ground on everything else, but I'll give it a try anyway. I originally posted nearly a year ago, and became disillusioned about the problem. Decided to sell the preamp, and someone bought it - only to return it saying that there was...
by Mcbrion
Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:38 am
Forum: Preamps
Topic: Gain Issue
Replies: 5
Views: 1670

Gain Issue

Hi Guys: I have a Classic 1 SE, ASL Hurricanes and Nola Contenders, Valhalla 2s interconnects and Shunyata Cobra cables. I'm getting significant noise out of the speakers, due to their being 90db and the ASL is a very sensitive amp, and the CJ has 25db of gain. I can barely turn the volume past 8 o'...
by Mcbrion
Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:09 pm
Forum: Preamps
Topic: New ET-3
Replies: 16
Views: 4343

Re: New ET-3

A little late to this party, since I got a Classic 2 about 8 months ago, and then upgraded to a Classic SE. Well, i saw a ET-3 on Audiogon and jumped on it yesterday. It'll be here in a week. It was very spur of the moment. Except now, I have a Classic SE AND an ET-3, which I'm sure I'll upgrade to ...
by Mcbrion
Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:09 am
Forum: DIY, mods, tweaks
Topic: Fuses...The FINAL Frontier
Replies: 10
Views: 4079

Fuses...The FINAL Frontier

I've been experimenting with fuses for the past two years. Hi Fi Tuning gold, Then Hi Fi Supremes, then AMR, and now Synergistic Research fuses, the only ones with a 30-day money-back guarantee. And then putting the WA Quantum chips on them - which apparently Hi Fi Supreme has adapted to their fuse....
by Mcbrion
Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:01 am
Forum: Preamps
Topic: Classic SE upgrade w/Teflon caps
Replies: 16
Views: 5752

Re: Classic SE upgrade w/Teflon caps

I don't know how I missed this, but last night I realized that the Classic SE has a fuse tray right below the IEC inlet. (I didn't even know it HAD a fuse!) I've been finding the sound wonderful, but lacking a bit of body in the bass range thru lower midrange. Not in the same way as being "thin...
by Mcbrion
Thu May 02, 2013 7:09 am
Forum: Preamps
Topic: Classic SE upgrade w/Teflon caps
Replies: 16
Views: 5752

Classic SE upgrade w/Teflon caps

I posted in the wrong forum originally. Sorry, guys. Can someone comment on their experience on the burn-in time with the Teflon capacitors? I've just received my preamp back recently, and thought -- Teflon being what it is -- that the capacitors would take at least 200 hours for full burn-in. Calle...
by Mcbrion
Wed May 01, 2013 9:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion - CJ related topics
Topic: Classic SE (Teflon Capacitors) Burn-in time?
Replies: 3
Views: 1894

Classic SE (Teflon Capacitors) Burn-in time?

Can someone comment on their experience on the burn-in time with the Teflon capacitors? I've just received my preamp back recently, and thought -- Teflon being what it is -- that the capacitors would take at least 200 hours for full burn-in. Called CJ, who said they burned them in 40 hours at the fa...
by Mcbrion
Sat Apr 27, 2013 12:12 pm
Forum: Preamps
Topic: Classic 2 SE preamp os base version of ET 3 better sound?
Replies: 8
Views: 5996

Re: Classic 2 SE preamp os base version of ET 3 better sound

Steve:
Did you leave your preamp on 24/7 for the break-in period?
by Mcbrion
Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:39 am
Forum: Preamps
Topic: Classic 2 SE preamp os base version of ET 3 better sound?
Replies: 8
Views: 5996

Re: Classic 2 SE preamp os base version of ET 3 better sound

My Classic is being upgraded to an SE version as we speak. I had asked CJ if there was any sonic superiority of the Classic 2 SE to the Classic 1 SE and they said there was no noticeable sonic difference. I asked about the tubes, since the Classic 2 uses 6922 and the Classic 1 uses 8080, but Mel swo...
by Mcbrion
Fri Mar 29, 2013 2:10 am
Forum: General Discussion - CJ related topics
Topic: CJ New Product line rumors
Replies: 11
Views: 3148

Re: CJ New Product line rumors

By the way, has anyone else noticed that the new Classic 2 preamp is going to be using one 6922 tube instead of the (two) current 8080 tubes? While waiting for them to respond to my email about when to send in my preamp to upgradeto the SE version, I meandered over to their site just to check it out...
by Mcbrion
Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion - CJ related topics
Topic: Is CJ closed for Easter?
Replies: 6
Views: 1660

Re: Is CJ closed for Easter?

Since Ed left, phone help is sparse. I got a relatively quick reply by email a few weeks ago. service@conradjohnson.com I did send an email Tuesday as well, but didn't get a response to that. Perhaps they're overwhelmed and can't keep up with the requests. I didn't know Ed, so I'll have to assume t...
by Mcbrion
Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion - CJ related topics
Topic: Is CJ closed for Easter?
Replies: 6
Views: 1660

Is CJ closed for Easter?

I've written and called every day this week (and their answering machine says they're closed Fridays), and not so much as a peep out of them. Are they on Spring Break? I see I can update my Classic to the Classic 2 - or can it be updated to the Classic 2 SE - if there is such a thing?!?!? I don't ev...
by Mcbrion
Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:13 pm
Forum: Room design/acoustics/positioning
Topic: A bigger trap in the corner
Replies: 18
Views: 9336

Re: A bigger trap in the corner

Hi Jim: As you are one of the few people with Tube Traps that I know, I have a question for you. I have, per Peter Moncrieff's original tube trap suggestions, back in '89, set up my traps using his suggestions. See hyperlink below: http://www.tubetrap.com/bass_traps_articles/iar89.htm He has the abs...