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Part 2 Moving along the years, when Quad was in financial difficulty, and a new firm took over as their parent company, Quad started making dynamic driver types. Some were successful and some were not, then later came out with newer stats panels (988 & 989); ok to a certain extent but again coul...

Hey Joe, ok this thread I didn't see but I remember posting something about Quads (2905's) before and a couple times to various other posts, anyway I never get tired of talking about them, after all they are my current favorite speaker of all time. Just a bit of history: 1. The Quad ESL was designed...

G'day Dan, from the land of down unda! Welcome to the site, it is certainly of great value to have a techie on this forum, whom we can learn a lot from. What other great cj components have you restored? Any of the Premier series? and how did it go, was it a challenge or quite straight forward since ...

Hey Joe, great to hear from you mate.
Where did you start the thread on Quads? Yes, I can certainly contribute to the Quad experience having owned several iterations of it plus maggies. Would also be good to learn from others experiences with stats.

Take care bud, cheers RJ

G'day mate, came across your gain issue. This does seem to be an annoying aspect with certain tube preamps. I could relate based on the following: 1. CJ tube preamps do have certain amounts of hiss, usually from just one channel and very minimal hiss. Usually apparent when you're very close to the s...

There it is! I had a strong feeling they would offer another pre-power combo. This will definitely position cj in that market of integrateds with high-end quality. This amp looks stunning, as was the case with the ca200. Can't really remember at what price point the ca200 was at. This new one will c...

Hey there Joe, How''s it going? That wouldn't be surprising, given the state of the economy the way things are going. The US is about to engage in another conflict in the middle east, and they're banking on Russia to help this time. The manufacturing industry that Australia is so dependent on with C...

Great purchase mate- that's a winner indeed! The Premier 11 is one "very fine" amplifier made by c-j. So many fantastic reviews about it, Thomas J Norton's personal reference amplifier for many years, and one that I owned as well, and truly enjoyed the most. I was using the Premier 11A wit...

Nice one Carlos! You will really enjoy the PV12, it is one fine preamp, made and designed by a company that believes in the passion of "musicality." Solid build, solid feel and solid performance. That c-j signature sound of the expanded "golden glow" with extended airy highs, smo...

Yes! Good point Admin. The mg3.7 is definitely true value when it comes to absolute sound. Not only is it a superb sounding ribbon design with the right amplification but also reproduces recorded music with a great sense of balance and coherency. Since it is a full range ribbon afterall. Reference t...

G'day from down unda! Just my thoughts and experiences with this: The EVO2000 from c-j was a formidable design, there are just a few manufacturers who can match these during the day. It had a massive transformer with very "high current drive" that was capable of handling the "reactive...

Hey Joe, how's it going? I wasn't aware you previously owned a premier 16LS, that was one awesome preamp! Very expansive deep sound stage, with excellent transient control of the power amp. One superb well made preamp from cj at time. There were many other high-end contenders that couldn't match wha...

G'day gentleman, Yes, you're probably right about the individual biasing feature that doesn't necessarily require matching tubes. However, I think matching tubes gives the user a sense of "comfort" knowing that the tubes have been matched at the "cj factory." I really don't know ...

Hey mate, nice to hear that you have a premier1, that's one awesome power amp indeed. Never owned one but have heard in various systems, great control, plenty of clean power, effortless presentation of soundstage. When referring to "matching tubes" in general the manufacturer or designer i...

G'day mate, Glad to hear about a mv60, it was by far one of my favorite amps I ever owned. The mv55 is also a very nice sounding amp with its el34's, however the mv60 is a newer design with better transformers that were only utilized on cj's premier series. The mv60 also replaced the mv55 and premie...

G'day mate, Just thought I'd share; nearly went for an ET5 when my Act2 was being looked at for a full service upgrade to a series2. The ET5 is a fine preamp indeed but is not an Act2. The Act2 was cj's top of the line reference for many years and it succeeded the Art preamp, which is still a legend...

Hey Alton, Good to hear from you. Well this seems like you have a few options, here is my best advice based on my experience: 1. If you are focused on a particular budget, then just keep the mv50 and do the basic upgrades required to get the mv50 back to its original condition as close as possible. ...

Hey Alton, Just came across this today. Did you get another amp for your Quads (ESL 988)? Just to share my experience: been using various iterations of c-j pre & power amps since the 80's... Including several well known 400 watt monoblocks with various types of panel speakers, such as Magneplana...

Hey Kiddo, Thanks for sharing that. Certainly good to know where these fuses are located. There are a few things/items cj could have improved on with the classic60 cosmetic wise. Such as plate fuses on the top rather than underneath. When the cover is off, the exposed transformers are butt ugly! The...

Greetings fellow c-j specialists! It's been quite a while since my last post, and thought I must share my new ventures which has been a roller coaster ride. To cut a long story short: Australia is going through a bit if a recession, hence was laid off in June; had to sell off nearly all my c-j gear ...