I thought the same thing but I emailed to ARC and they said should be zero problem with that.
Yes, you can make the two work together, but you won’t get the best results from either, imo.
ARC amplifier with Conrad Johnson Preamp
Hello guys
Finally I’m starting to rebuild my audio again.
I sold all my gear few years ago and just kept my ARC ref75se power.
now I’m looking for shelf speakers and preamp
I have found Conrad Johnson Premier 14 at a decent price ..
Have anyone here ever experienced ARC with CJ
its always the fight between the two I wonder how they do together ?
thank you!
@cleeds it might be true , tho ARC said the only down sound will be loss of volume level. I asked few other folks and they agreed on that not decreasing the sound quality. But TBH you might be right , no real clue over here.😅 |
@welcher firstly it’s great to hear that! between 1 cj premier 14 2 cj 17ls 3 cj et6 4 arc ref3
1 cheapest 4 most expensive. take in consideration that if I buy the the premier 14 I have around 1.7k-2k more left for a better speaker. But tbh I don’t have a clue if the arc ref3 is worth or not . If it is maybe I should go with it.
I heard the et6 doesn’t have the same sweet tubey sound as the old cj |
The CJ Premier 14 is a sleeper and will out perform many new preamps in the sub$7500 space. The board floats and has 4 screws that hold it place for shipping. Very musical and detailed. Very easy to just sit back and listened to. I liked it better than my ET 5 and used it for many years. The Premier 17 is a good second choice. However the Premier 14 uses 6GK5 tubes, which are hard to find. Upscale Audio has a stock of NOS so does one dealer in the UK. Call Upscale to make sure that you can get a back up supply of the tubes. It is easy on tubes but NOS can get noisy. |