Information on the Conrad Johnson Evolution 2000?


I buying this amp on the recommendation of a friend. I will try this on my Apogee speakers. I understand that they were way overbuilt and fairly rare. I did a search on these hybrid amps from around 1990 and found very little. What are the strengths and limitations of this amp. Are there any tricks to make this amp sound its best? Bob
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It's nice. You'll like it. Warmer than most amps because its CJ and because the driver stage is tubes (5751)Should sound nice w/Apogees. No limitations it's a 200 WPC amp and doubles at 4 ohms because of the good power supply. As for tricks I say the same as any other amp: good power cord, better tubes would be nice.

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Here is a link to it: http://conradjohnson.com/It_just_sounds_right/classic-products.html

You'll see Evolution 2000 on the left 3/4 of the way down.
Electroid,
Do you use the amp currently? What type of tubes do you use in your unit? I am still awaiting the unit to arrive. I think it did not have a detachable power cord because of the unit being older. What speakers have you used the amp with? Bob
No I don't have one but sold a few. I have an earlier CJ MF-2500 and MF-2100. It wasn't difficult to modify them to accept a detachable IEC power cord. You'll need a dremel tool. I think that this is more important than internal upgrades like caps. As for tubes I like RCA black plate 5751's.

ET