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Personal Preamp Evolution

I found the the threads on the amplifier evolution very intriguing,the speaker evolution thread as well .I am not sure if there is already a thread regarding preamps.Many of us failed to mention their preamps[myself included] in the amplifier thread.After all, it really is an amplifier per say.
1967...Dyna pas 2 from a kit
1974...Dayton wright spa
1975...Mark Levinson JC-2
1976...Audio Research SP-3
1977... Van Alistine mods on Sp-3a,removed tone controls etc
1981...Audio Research Sp-6a
1982... revised to sp-6b
1983...traded back to the Audio Research sp-3a and modded further
1976..Audio Research Sp-10,revised to 10b[still in use]
1990...MFA Luminescence B[still my reference]
1996...ARC sp-8 mk2,Cat SL1 signature MK2
2000...DIY line stage,tube rectified,6sn-7gt's for gain.
2002 to present...Supratek Syrah,

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newbee
4,767 posts
 
1977 - Apt Holman
1979 - PSE
1984 - Perreaux SA3
1985 - ACR SP 10II (still in use)
1998 - EAR 834L (still in use)
rcprince
3,070 posts
 
1986: Acoustat TNP
1987: Audio Research SP11 Mk II
1990: Jadis JPL/Vendetta SCP 2B
1992: Jadis JP80MC
2002: Jadis JP200/Lamm LP2

I've had numerous other preamps in the system from time to time while the JP80 was being repaired (Meitner PA6i, VAC Rennaissance, Innersound, Klyne, Lamm L2 and LL2), but somehow I've continued to stick with the Jadis products. The current combination works extraordinarily well together, and on the few records that are cut so low as to require more gain than the Lamm can give, the JP200 has a total of almost 100db gain (including the line stage) to remedy that problem.
twl
3,251 posts
 
Hafler DH101(modded)
Stax SRA-12S
Naim 42
Naim 32/HiCap
MFA Magus(modded) still in use.

I keep my gear for a long time. Heard a boatload of new and used preamps when working at the audio store.
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