Conrad Johnson CT5

For sale is my Conrad-Johnson CT-5 preamp. While I am the second owner of this fine preamp, I bought it essentially new from the 1st owner who sold it to me only 3 weeks after purchasing it new from his C-J dealer. One of C-J's best-ever preamps, fully comparable in performance to the legendary ACT2. Superb sound quality: transparent, clean, quiet, natural-sounding with excellent bass definition and articulation and extended, airy highs.  Superb, 3-dimensional imaging. This fine preamp will reflect upgrades in your sysem and bring out the best of your components. Low output impedance of 800 ohms makes it easy to pair with amplifiers. Excellent condition functionally and cosmetically. No nicks in the front panel, only a couple of very light, thin "scuffs" at the back of the the top cover, which are very hard to see unless viewed at just the right angle (these do not show up in photos). The rear left and right top edges of the back panel each have a single, very small area where the paint has rubbed off (see photos 4 & 5). The edges of C-J chassis' are very sharp, and it's likely the paint just rubbed off.  Comes with the Sovtek 6N30P "DR" tubes, which are super-durable. Remote, original manual, and OEM power cord. Price is $4000 plus the shipping CONUS and Paypal fee. Lowball offers will NOT be considered.

Reviews here:

https://www.stereophile.com/tubepreamps/706cj/index.html

https://www.dagogo.com/conrad-johnson-ct5-composite-triode-preamplifier-review/

Specifications:

Single-chassis, remote-controlled, tubed line preamplifier. Tube complement: two 6N30P dual triodes. Inputs: 5 single-ended (RCA), 2 processor loops. Outputs: 2 single-ended (RCA), 2 processor loops. Frequency range at unity gain: 2Hz–>100kHz. Polarity: inverts phase. Hum & noise: 100dB below 1V output. Output impedance: 800 ohms. 

From C-J: 

With the 1996 introduction of the Anniversary Reference Triode (ART), conrad-johnson established a benchmark for line-stage preamplifier performance that reigned supreme for most of a decade. Reviewers were unanimous in their praise, proclaiming it the finest sounding preamplifier ever manufactured. In 2004, the ACT2 line stage brought new materials technology and refined power supply design to the composite triode circuit pioneered by the ART, once again elevating the state of the art. As has been our tradition at conrad-johnson, these technological advances are now offered in a more cost effective near state of the art design, the CT5 composite triode preamplifier. The composite triode circuit is a conceptually simple design—based on creating a single “super” triode by paralleling sections of individual tubes. In this way, the entire amplification circuit can be reduced to a single active stage, without buffers or feedback. Any active circuit element will color the sound, whether the element is an amplifier or a buffer stage. By designing a line stage consisting of a single composite triode, we are able to reduce the circuit to the absolute minimum of a single active element. The result is an astonishing improvement in dynamics and dynamic shadings, as well as focus.

Comes in its original CJ CT-5 factory box and all OEM packing materials. Photos are of my actual unit.