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Conrad Johnson--does anyone use this brand anymore?
I've owned an array of CJ, Sonic Frontiers, McIntosh and Audio Research gear. Conrad Johnson eliminated electrolytics in the audio path and power supply of preamps years ago. Their preamps in particular are superb at reproducing low level detail a... 
Conrad Johnson vs. McIntosh Tube Gear
I own Conrad Johnson and McIntosh gear. Both are great brands. That said they are sonically a bit different. I would not consider Conrad Johnson to be sonically dry as a prior post stated. Conrad Johnson eliminated electrolytics in their preamps y... 
Modwright SWL 9.0SE Preamplifier
I have a Modwright SWL9.0 SE, a Conrad Johnson PV5 with the zero electrolytic CJ mod, a Conrad Johnson PF1 (phase inverting preamp) and two McIntosh preamps. These are actually all good sounding preamps but do have their differences. - The Modwrig... 
How does the Phase Linear 400 compare?
The Phase Linear 400 ii was a low transient intermodulation distortion (TIM) amplifier. The old post claiming it was a high TIM amplifier is likely based on opinions that were floated against this amplifier because it was priced far below higher e...