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I've just received reports on the new Clarisys line of panels. Considering their views from my trusted dealer mates who attended. It seems like custom made orders for the Neodymium version, pushes that high frequency range on a higher level. Hence, some may like it and others may not. Apparently it ...

Yes, understand your question and makes perfect sense. Originally, the Prem8's were designed for the use of 6550 type Output tubes. At the time of Prem8 and Prem8A introduction, CJ also offered another version called the XS, which came fitted with EL34's. This required a few internal mods on the res...

Yes correct, and fair point by AJ. Also having witnessed first hand, whenever I visit my CJ techie's audio lab, so to speak, there are stacks of SS gear everywhere! Missing parts, missing this and that, some of which the owners have left behind. Mainly, due to parts unavailable. Very well known bran...

Well done on the re-tube work. For now the Prem11 should be working well. Keep a close eye on things and check the bias at least once in 5 to 6 months to make sure it's operating up to spec. Of course down the line, certain other parts (caps, resistors) may need replacing as the amplifier ages... bu...

That's good to hear, looks like you're on a mission
Hope all goes well and just make sure you've got a reputed techie to carry out the work.

Keep us posted on your journey. Those Prem8's should be sounding mighty fine in no time.

Cheers, RJ

One thing I forgot to mention, I firmly believe that you made the right choice in terms of speaker enclosure size. Those larger panel type speakers require a large room. The bigger they go, the more space required for them to breathe and propel their energy/ wave forms in true dipole affect. Large p...

Oh! Nice one matey. The Magico speakers are truly special. Very well designed and very solid, no mickey mouse here. A very close mate of mine had the S5 which he wanted to pass onto me but I went towards full range Electrostats. Now he uses the Q7's and the other owner who took his S5's now has the ...

Yes, that's a fair point Admin. In fact, could well be the fact that your system has already achieved its threshold, simple as that! When I did own several iterations of Maggie's, driven by top level gear including the original ART preamp and Prem8A's, I didn't have access to such AC mains accessori...

G'day maties, finally making the connection! I was looking for my earlier posts referring to Nordost accessories but couldn't quite locate it... so thought I'd start a new one and keep it to all things Nordost. Oh boy, let's see now... what does a couple grand in AC power distribution get you? Well,...

Good on ya Admin mate!
Keep up the great work. Robbo is a good mate, a genuine happy chappy.

Woof! RJ

Now that's outstanding! A mighty WOOF & cheers to CJ!
Oh! Do enjoy those finest tunes.
RJ

Greetings Gen, Ok that's good to hear, looks like you're on a mission to replace the caps..., make sure you get the right ones, obviously, and the best quality! Re. To Output tubes: well this is solely based on personal preferences. Nothing else! The KT120's are a powerful tube, plenty of power with...

Oh! Nice one mate. Looks in top condition, although you don't have the tube cage, that would pose an issue for those who have curious pets or nosey kiddos running around the house. Other than that, should be an easy sell. Beautiful sound the Premier line, shame you want to sell it off. If I was near...

Just received an update from Watford Valves UK. They now have stock of the Mullard M8080 / 6C4 single Triode. Still priced at 16 pounds, not too shabby at all. Attn: Admin These tubes are used in the Input gain stage of your ART monoblocks, as well as my amplifiers. So it's reassuring to know that D...

Something to note that interested me during the last week. As we were chatting all things about tube gear, he was servicing two sets of monoblocks. One was the Prem12's and the other were the Ayon's, huge beasts, 10 KT150 tubes per monoblock, delivering a whopping 400plus watts. Also has Class A mod...

Oh, there are improvements no doubt! But not 40% ... That's always been my benchmark in performance. I know this is fairly high and in certain cases may seem unfair but if the gear can't reach it, to me these are only marginal. Nothing significant to jump up & down to cost a bloody fortune, espe...

That's the best advice by Admin. Also just to add, unless you had a local techie who's familiar with this design. The ACT2 is actually bit complicated and cumbersome to work with, since it's a dual chassis design. The sub-chasis floats on a second level, based on a suspension system of some kind, an...

Based on specs, both should be a good match. However, that's only specs... can't really trust the specs, hence I use them only as guidelines. Best would be to audition if possible, otherwise there's no way of telling. Then when you bring it home and install it in your system and for some reason it d...

Thanks Admin. I know you might be partial to the ET7-S2, but is there much of a difference between the ET7-S2 and the GAT-S1, or are they mostly similar in sonic signature? I've home trialed both at length, on different types of speakers. Mostly panel types though; Maggie MG20.7's, Quad ESL 2905's ...

Yes mate, that's correct! In fact, I should have known that considering the long dealer network I was once part of. Our good mates in Spore are the main distributors/ importers for CJ (Norman) and they've been supplying to the Sth East Asian region ever since. So their history goes a long way back. ...