Conrad Johnson ART150 Amplifier Open Box

Up for sale, we have an open box Conrad Johnson ART150 Tube Amplifier. This is CJ's current flagship amplifier, and it does not disappoint. The amplifier was purchased new by a client of ours in October of 2024 through Park Avenue Audio in New York City. The client ended up going in a different direction, and never used the amp. The amplifier was opened in order to take pictures, however it had not been played until we received it. While it is a new unit, we still hooked it up just to confirm operation. It performed flawlessly. The unit is in perfect working order, and in excellent physical condition. There are a couple of small blemishes in the finish that are highlighted in close up pictures in the listing. 

The amp will ship in its original box, and while it originally shipped via ground shipping from Conrad Johnson; we prefer to ship it on a pallet via freight for added safety. 

From Conrad Johnson:

ART150 and ART300 Amplifiers

In celebration of our 40th anniversary, conrad-johnson has introduced two new ART amplifiers: the ART150 stereo amplifier and ART300 mono-block amplifier.

These amplifiers are designed for our own reference use as well as for industry professionals and dedicated audiophiles. As with previous anniversary products, these amplifiers will be offered as limited editions, with just 250 units of the ART150 and 125 pairs of the ART300 to be sold through selected conrad-johnson dealers and distributors.

The ART150 and ART300 amplifiers embrace our firm belief that the surest path to both state-of-the-art musicality and exceptional reliability is to keep the circuits simple and build them with the finest available parts.

The audio circuit of these amplifiers has just three elements, each as simple as possible, and each essential to the operation of the amplifier. A voltage gain amplifier (a single triode) is direct-coupled to a cathode coupled phase inverter (each phase handled by a single triode), which in turn drives the output stage. Power is developed by KT150 output tubes, chosen for their musical accuracy, high power, and reliability. A single pair is used for each channel to comfortably and reliably achieve the 150 Watts per channel power rating of the ART150, while two pairs are used to produce 300 Watts in the mono ART300. A small amount (about 12 dB) of loop negative feedback reduces distortion and achieves a sufficiently high damping factor to control reactive loudspeaker systems. To assure continued peak performance, the owner need only make a simple bias adjustment when new tubes are installed. Built in LED bias indicators allow the user to make this adjustment using only the supplied adjustment tool.

Separate, low impedance, discrete dc power supply regulators are provided for the input and phase-inverter stages, thoroughly isolating these stages from the power demands of the output stage. These power supplies are designed to maintain a rock solid supply at all audio frequencies.

The ART150 and ART300 amplifiers maintain the exacting quality standards for which conrad-johnson is internationally known.

Resistors are precision laser-trimmed metal foil types. CJD Teflon dielectric capacitors are used for coupling the inverter stage to the output stage, and to bypass the large value polypropylene capacitors in the regulated power supplies. Proprietary wide-bandwidth output transformers contribute to excellent high frequency performance. Even the machined gold plated OFC connectors and the internal wiring have been carefully selected for optimal sonic performance. Attention to every detail enable us to extract the full potential from our circuit designs and ensures that our products will perform to this potential for years to come. The ART150 and ART300 are built without compromise to achieve a new standard in musical performance, and they are built to last.

Specifications:

Power: ART150 Amplifier

150 Watts rms per channel from 30 Hz to 15 KHz at no more than 1.5 % THD into 4 ohms (also available connected for 16 ohm loads)

Sensitivity

1.0V rms to rated power

Frequency Response (at 10 watts)

20 Hz to 20 kHz, +/- .25 dB

Hum and Noise

108 dB below rated power

Input Impedance

100 kOhms

Tube Complement

ART150 – 3 x 6922, 4 x KT150

Dimensions

16.3125D x 19W x 8.75H inches

Weight

ART150 80 lbs.