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Personal amp evolution

Seeing the over night success of the speaker evolution thread, it may be interesting to see what type of amp(s) we have all run. Same deal as the other thread-we will sort of create a puzzle of our systems you'll have to visit multiple threads to put everything together!!! ;)
For me I started:
Adcom GFA-565 monoblocks
Rotel RB-990bx
Jeff Rowland Design Group Model 5
Balanced Audio Technology(BAT) VK-60

either a CAT JL2, BAT VK-75se or Tenor 75Wp on the horizon.
tireguy
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arcticdeth
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Old 8 track wollensack, dual tt, sansui 9090

A couple receivers, onkyo tx 890, 860.
Onkyo m504

Carvin Dcm 2000's as monoblocks.

Crown studio ref 1, forced to sell, 30 amp plug could not use, never had chance to even plug it in, sold and bought rotel 1090, good amp, had inrush current limiter go out on me, sold and bought emotiva monoblocks,
Had my Sunfire signature fixed, which shelved the emotiva stuff.

Odyssey stratos mono's

McCormack dna-750. I'm done buying. For now
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arcticdeth
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Just the ones I remember. There are others, either for a short stint, or some not worth mentioning.
effischer
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Sansui 1000x receiver (still have), Concept 5.5 receiver (traded), Hafler DH200 kit (sold), Dunlap-Clarke Dreadnaught 500 (sold), Akai integrated (traded), Hafler DH220 (sold), Sony STR-AV 970 surround receiver (still have), Belles Model 1 (still have, surround rear in current system), McIntosh MC302 (primary in current system), McIntosh 7100 (center channel bridged for mono in current system).
ejr1953
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I'm 62 years old, so I might be forgetting some of them:

1.  Kenwood integrated (probably 35 wpc).
2.  McIntosh MC225/Dynaco Pre-Amp.
3.  McIntosh MC275/Dynaco Pre-Amp.
4.  Marantz 2275 Receiver.
5.  Tandberg TR2060 Receiver.
6.  Various NAD Receivers.
7.  NAD Masters Series M3 Integrated.
8.  McIntosh MAC6700 Receiver.
9.  McIntosh C50 Pre-Amp/MC452 Power Amp.
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lou_setriodes
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Here’s my amp/int amp/rec’r journey from 1984 to 2017:

1. Yamaha M50, crown straight line 1 preamp
2. Sansui AU717
3. NAD 2155, Luxman preamp & Acoustat TNP pre
4. B&K ST140, Acoustat TNP pre, Music reference RM5 mkII pre & dyna PAS 2
5. Dynaco ST70, Dyna PAS 3
6. McIntosh MC225, Music Reference pre
7. B&K EX442 Sonata - sounded almost exactly like the Paoli’s), Music Ref pre
8. Paoli M60 monoblocks, Music Ref pre
9. cj MV50, Music Ref pre
10. Music Reference RM9, Music Ref pre
11. AMC CVT-3030
12. Mac 1900 Rec’r
13. Mitsubishe DA-R7 rec’r
14. Creek 5050 int.
15. Acurus A80, Hegeman Hapi2 pre
16. Early Korneff 6bq5 SE int.
17. John Ecklund PP6bg6 triode - moded Conn organ amp
18. Custom KT66 SE int (from ebay)
19. Onix OA-21s
20. ads A-2
21. JVC AX-55, 80 watt Special class A int.
22. Musical Fidelity B1
23. Kailin 6bq5 int
24. Rawsonte Brick gainclones, Superphon Rev. Basic Dual Mono preamp
25. Audio Space Mini-Galaxy II
26. John Ecklund PP6bg6 triode - moded
27. Yamaha AX-550 int amp
28. Tandberg 3030 receiver
29. Fleawatt TPA3122 D2 Soft Maple amp
30. Fleawatt cigar box amp TPA3122
31. Fleawatt TDA7297 Zebrawood
32. Optonica SM-1515B int.
33. Onix OA-20/2
34. Ditton Elan DI-260
35. Denon DRA-700 receiver
36. Antique Sound Lab MG-si15DT
37. Tandberg TIA-3012

And the most memorable/best sounding: Mac MC225, Music Ref RM9, Korneff, 6bg6, the Onix’s, the B&K’s, Paolis, the Fleawatt’s, ASL, and the Tandberg 3012

And the worst sounding/bigest disappointment: cj (just didn’t mate up with the MR preamp & wish I had a PV5), Musical Fidelity B1, Kailin (fans just too darn loud), MAC1900 (great tuner but early SS harsh sounding amp)


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