Offhand, I can't see any reason why the CJ Amp and the McIntosh C2500 should work well together. I use a McIntosh C2300 tube preamp with a restored McIntosh MC2205 solid state amp, 200 WPC, and they sound great with Martin Logan Summit X speakers. BTW, Audio Classics is great to do business with. Did you tell them of your planned useage of the C2500 and your CJ amp? Maybe you can post an update and tell us of the CJ amp and McIntosh C2500.
CJ Solid State Amp with McIntosh Tube Preamp
I am curious if anyone has experience with using a solid state Conrad Johnson amp with a McIntosh tube preamp? I have a Conrad Johnson MF2550 250wpc amp and I want to pair it with a McIntosh C2500 tube preamp. Presently I am using the CJ amp with a Rogue RP-5 tube preamp. My reasons for changing are I want tone controls which the McIntosh has plus I can adjust the loading of my moving coil cartridge via remote on the fly with the McIntosh preamp. I should be receiving the preamp by the end of next week from Audio Classics. If the sound isn't to my liking with the CJ amp, I will sell it and purchase a McIntosh power amp, but I hope I do not have to.
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