Conrad Johnson PV8 Preamplifier!!!

Conrad Johnson PV8 Preamplifier

This Item is from the estate of the late great musician “Lorin Levee” the Principal Clarinetist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Levee played for the Orchestra from (1971 – 2012). He was prominently featured in many of the Ochestras recordings, including the Rachmaninoff 2nd Symphony conducted by Simon Rattle & Gerswin’s Rhapsody in Blue conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.

S/N# 2001473

Color: Gold

The PV8 superceded the PV5. It was the first all-tube zero-feedback design from conrad-johnson. The basic audio circuit of the PV8 is modular, built from individual gain blocks consisting of a triode amplifier direct coupled to a cathode follower. The phono stage consists of a gain block, a passive RIAA network, and a second gain block. The line stage consists of a single gain block. These stages use polypropylene capacitors bypassed by a polystyrene capacitor for the output stages. Even the main dc power supplies used polypropylene capacitors - there are no electrolytic capacitors in the audio circuits or their related power supplies. Paralleled triode sections at the phono input yield nearly 3 dB improvements in the signal to noise ratio over a single input tube (as used in the earlier PV5).

Features:

Inputs/Outputs — Phono, Tuner, Auxiliary, monitor and recording facilities for two tape decks with dubbing from Tape 1 to Tape 2. One amplifier (Main) output

Controls:

Selector, Tape 1/Tape 2, Source/Monitor, Mode (Left, Right, Stereo, Stereo Reverse, Mono), Balance, Power, Volume.

Auto muting to suppress warm-up transients.

Specifications:

Gain: Phono Stage 47 dB (phono overload 200 mV at 1kHz)
Line Stage 31 dB
Distortion: less than .1% THD or IMD
Response: bandpass 2Hz to more than 100kHz
RIAA equalization: +/- .25 dB (20 to 20 kHz)
S/N Ratio: Phono Stage 76 dB below 10 mv input
Line Stage 85 dB below 2.5 volt output
Phase Response: Line Stage phase inverting, Phono Stage phase correct
Mechanical: 19" X 3 " x 12 "

Musical Fidelity A308CR 24BIT Up-sampling CD Player in Silver.

Comes complete with remote, test CD, manual and factory box and packing serial number: BBY0159.

High End CD Player Built like a bank vault.

I would rate this a 9/10 if it wasn't for a`small imperfection on the front right face plate small imperfection on right side middle / looks like a smug makes it a 7/10.

Comes complete.

See review Positive Feedback linked below:

Upsampling 96kHz
Frequency response 10Hz to 20kHz +0 / -0.2dB
Signal / noise ratio > 115dB 'A' weighted
Total harmonic distortion 100dB 20Hz to 20kHz
Linearity