In Reply to: My Conrad Johnson MV 50 eats tubes just like yours posted by phenderson on May 24, 2000 at 11:45:34:
Last two tubes did fry in the same socket. Yep, I'm also thinking it's an amp problem, as do other CJ owners posting here. Funny though that most of the dealers/audio professionals who've responded here think it's a tube issue. Who to believe, audio professionals (including CJ) or the people that own CJ amps? I've usually been wrong when arguing with audio professionals ... Though I may regret this, I'm gonna buy the premium quality Sovtek tubes from CJ at $30 apiece. As Duke says in the post below, if the new tubes pop, I'll have the expensive satisfaction of knowing I was right, and CJ was wrong. Also, please tell me about this CJ upgrade you are considering... I know the MV50 was an early design ... maybe problems with this amp were resolved in subsequent models (and upgrades).
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Follow Ups
- Gonna trust judgement of Audio Professionals - vacuous 05/24/0017:14:04 05/24/00 (2)
- Re: Gonna trust judgement of Audio Professionals - phenderson 18:05:37 05/24/00 (1)
- PS - CJ sounds like they might be slacking a bit ... - phenderson 18:11:50 05/24/00 (0)