It is since the '90s that I am using CJ in my system and so far I never felt the urge to move to another kind of sound. Coming from a PV10A and PV5 I eventually got to the current set up:
Evolution 20 (upgraded to SE)
MV52
MV125
The system is an active bi-amp driving an Electro Voice set composed by a bass unit TL606A and a driver horn combination DH1A+HP1240 driven through 2 electronic Xovers Electro Voice XEQ2. As I use to say it is not a sort of heretic diy set up but it's a system assembled according to the strict EV specs. MV52 is on the mid-highs and the MV125 is on the mid-bass.
My first preamp the beloved PV10A is the device that opened the doors of real hi-fi back in the '90s. Back then I understood what a preamp is supposed to do and I fell in love with that sound, so musical and precise. The Evolution 20 blew my mind and made me understand what a hi-end component is capable of. An article in the Italian magazine Audio Review in 1983 provided the inspiration for the loudspeaker. The PV10A has been temporarily sold to a friend of mine but I have a buy back option in case he would like to change
Considering the financial resources I use to have and the search for all components, this system took me 10 years to be completed. Now I am enjoying the sound I always had in my mind and that's been forged listening to as much live music as possible.
I am glad I've found this site and I hope to contribute somehow to the CJ heritage. I hope CJ would forgive me, I know they made a lot of great components after the mid '90s but that golden era between '84 and '94 has seen some of the best music machines ever made.
Sincerely
Alessandro
