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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Pre section of Pioneer SA-9500-II
Yamaha C-4
Rotel 910 ?
PS Audio 4.6 with the large ps
Adcom GFP-565
Audio Research LS8 Mk 2
Not much here,
Bryston B-60 used as a preamp>
Air Tight ATC-1 current reference
Next, who knows?
I'm sitting with four preamps in my room now.

Blue Circle BC21
BAT VK3i
Luminous Audio AXIOM
Antique Soundlabs T1 DT

No EVO here, just dinosaurs and homosapiens coexisting, and I won't say which is which.
Adcom GFA450....Audible Illusions L1.....VTL 5.5.......all within the last 7 years....
1973 Sony 2000F
1975 ARC SP-3A-1
1978 ARC SP-6C, E
1983 ARC SP-11
1986 Vendetta phono w/home built passive
1988 Home built line stage w/fet followers
1998 CTC Blowtorch

Still have the SP3-A-1 and will probably keep it forever......