Conrad Johnson PV series preamps - Steve Hoffman Music Forums The PV5 was their 2nd to TOTL offering at the time and is very highly regarded by many I personally dislike where it places you in the hall while listening though I prefer a more up-front image The PV7 was the replacement for the PV6 It had most of the same features, but had much lower gain
CJ PV5 Repair - Steve Hoffman Music Forums My PV5 preamp gave up its magic smoke earlier today a PS capacitor failed Who can repair restore this preamp ? I have a quote from Musical
Question about Tubes for a CJ (Conrad-Johnson) Pre-Amp I have owned cj preamps (starting with the PV5) and amps (starting with the MV75A1) and have never had a problem with tubes in any of the units The only problems were with the muting circuits in Premier 3s PV5s and once had a resistor go in an 8 year old MV75 that was replaced immediately without charge
Conrad Johnson PV10 - Steve Hoffman Music Forums Great project I would love to upgrade my PV5 and MV75A1 but I like them so much in their current state I would hate to upgrade and have it not fit in with the rest of the gear the way it does now
Conrad Johnson PV series preamps - Steve Hoffman Music Forums The PV5 allows for full choice of stereo channels; Stereo-Mono-Reverse-Right Only-Left Only If found these choices to be very useful when listening to vintage mono LPs While Mono was useful, I sometimes found that choosing between the Right -or- Left channels allowed me to find the best sounding portion of a mono LP groove