Conrad-Johnson. I’m surprised there is so little mention here. I’ve owned their products for more than thirty years with no problems whatsoever.
The availability of service is a huge issue for some of these brands. c-j will service anything they’ve ever made, not so with many including Audio Research. All hand wired here in Virginia. Extremely high quality parts throughout... an important part of their value proposition. And due to theses factors, c-j products retain their resale value. Oh yes, they sound amazing as well. In fact, when I was upgrading some years ago, Lew Johnson bought my old EF1 phono preamp for his own use.
The availability of service is a huge issue for some of these brands. c-j will service anything they’ve ever made, not so with many including Audio Research. All hand wired here in Virginia. Extremely high quality parts throughout... an important part of their value proposition. And due to theses factors, c-j products retain their resale value. Oh yes, they sound amazing as well. In fact, when I was upgrading some years ago, Lew Johnson bought my old EF1 phono preamp for his own use.