Premier 150CA?

[rthomeint]

I got a piece of CJ sheet of literature for a Premier 150CA inside of the packet of stuff that came with the MET150. I never heard of this product. Anyone have one heard one or ever seen one? It looks like the baby brother of the CA200. I was wondering how good it was.

[ronenash]

This is an amp that has never seen the light of day. I believe CJ discarded it at some point but I am not really sure what really happened. Maybe someone else has more information.

[rthomeint]

Well this must have been a last minute decision to pull the plug because I have a cut sheet detailing that along with the Premier 350 and the Premier 18LS. the literature say it has a "Passive selector and level operate directly on the amplifiers input eliminating colorations of an active preamplifer". Sonically I would guess it would have been more transparent but less dynamic than the CA200.

[ronenash]

Originally Posted by rthomeint

Well this must have been a last minute decision to pull the plug because I have a cut sheet detailing that along with the Premier 350 and the Premier 18LS. the literature say it has a "Passive selector and level operate directly on the amplifiers input eliminating colorations of an active preamplifer". Sonically I would guess it would have been more transparent but less dynamic than the CA200.

Based on what you are saying it seems that they decided to change the name from 150CA to CA200 because thats the exact configuration of the CA200. Passive line stage with no active parts.

[ronenash]

I stand corrected. I just found this on the 150CA

CONRAD JOHNSON Amplifiers Model number-PREMIER 150CA



Manufacturer : Conrad Johnson
Category : Amplifiers
Model No : PREMIER 150CA
Model Year : 1998
Product Weight : 31 LBS
Additional Info : 150W, INT, 7 LINE INPUTS, 31 LBS

I have never seen or heard on of these. Must have had a short production run.

[CDLehner]

Originally Posted by ronenash

I stand corrected. I just found this on the 150CA

CONRAD JOHNSON Amplifiers Model number-PREMIER 150CA



Manufacturer : Conrad Johnson
Category : Amplifiers
Model No : PREMIER 150CA
Model Year : 1998
Product Weight : 31 LBS
Additional Info : 150W, INT, 7 LINE INPUTS, 31 LBS

I have never seen or heard on of these. Must have had a short production run.

If you go a Google'n, there's a mention of it from Stereophile, at some show...but not a single pic that I could find. I was with you Ron; planned but not produced?

[rthomeint]

Here is the literature for the 150CA. Sorry but I couldn't but the image uploaded is pretty small. In the same packet was the cut sheet for the CA200. Maybe they decided that the CA200 and 150CA were so similar that they didn't need both in the line up. They both look identical.

[ronenash]

It looks like it was some previous incarnation of the CA200 that did not get to market.