150 w stereo version of the ART mono amp

[turntable]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

FWIW, Jeff Dorgay mentioned to me in Sept 2010 from a conversation he had with Lew Johnson that C-J was being told that they were not pricing their SOTA/statement products high enough compared to their competition. They were being seen as not being as good (high end?) or as valued as their competition because they were not priced comparably to their competiition. I don't know who it was that was telling C-J to increase the prices of their statement products, though.

As a photographer, I know that you have to price your photographs at a certain level for your customers to perceive the value in them; in other words, if you give your photos away for free. your customers see them as valueless because they don't cost anything.

I hope it wasn't ARC Their REF 250 is 25k - a lot less than cj. ARC sell bucketloads more than cj.

cj have a 35k ART, then free falls to the 12k LP125SE. 25k is a still LOT of $$ for an amplifier. the guys with the real $$ probably won't bother with ARC or cj regardless.

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[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by turntable

I hope it wasn't ARC Their REF 250 is 25k - a lot less than cj. ARC sell bucketloads more than cj.

cj have a 35k ART, then free falls to the 12k LP125SE. 25k is a still LOT of $$ for an amplifier. the guys with the real $$ probably won't bother with ARC or cj regardless.

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+1, Shane.

My guess is C-J is a much smaller company than ARC; IIRC, C-J only has something like 17 or 19 employees?

[Rafale]

No information filtering of CES 2012 and concerning CJ ?

[Puma Cat]

Not yet, though it only started yesterday for audio...let's wait to see what the week brings...

[microstrip]

Originally Posted by Myles B. Astor

Basically the only difference between the ART and 275 is the driver section where cj using the 6H30 was able to lower the stage's impedance. That reduces the amp's noise floor, etc. Otherwise the amps are identical.

Just downloaded the schematic of the cj LP275M at the cj owners forum. It is dated 11/10/2006 and shows 6n30II tubes in the driver positions and 6922 at the input . Was this an official change?

[Coppy]

Adding to Myles' comment above... I believe the ART Monos also have enhanced output transformers that have a wider bandwidth than the 275s.