Conrad Johnson Upgrades - A difference maker?


I own a pair of Conrad Johnson's Premier 12 Power Amps. One is in for servicing and it was put forth that I may want to consider upgrading these units to CJ's Teflon capacitors.

If you have upgraded a CJ Power unit to Teflon capacitors, I would greatly appreciate your response on the difference it made.

Thank you.
rbschauman

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I had my CJ Premier 8A (operating in triode) upgraded to full teflon (V-Caps) performed by rhBSoundDezign in Churchville, Pa. The amps had already had extensive power supply upgrades and the rhBSoundDezign JB Gold mods and the internal wiring upgraded to gold/silver wire. I am using Svetlana Winged C 6550 output tubes which are my tube of choice even over the original GE 6550 NOS tubes that I have.

The V-Cap upgrade made a significant difference particularly in smoothness and detail. A caution though. It takes a long time for the teflon caps to break in. I don't think that you hear the full improvement until at least 300 hours minimum.