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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
oneprof
147 posts
 
First amp--something I tore out of my great-aunt's 1950's vintage RCA console stereo. All tube, wish I could find it now!

Then B& K 220
Electrocompaniet AW250
Mesa Baron
David Berning ZH 270

I still have all of these, somewhere.
kweifi
46 posts
 
Sherwood S8000-III receiver
Dynaco Mark III (mono)
Two Dynaco Mark IIIs
MacIntosh MC2105
Mark Levinson 331
Two Mark Levinson 331s (bi-amped)
Mastersound Reference Parallel 845
(same as VAIC, still have)
Don Garber Fi Super X 2A3
Homemade Gordon Rankin's "Bugle" Stereo 45 (still
have)
Wavelength Duetto (still have)
Electra-Print DRD 45 monoblocks (still have)
Electra-Print DRD 300B monoblocks (still have)
Ag insider logo xs@2x
drubin
3,275 posts
 
Clearly I have not owned enough amps. I need to do something about that.

Fisher receiver (SS, circa 1968)
Superscope receiver (circa 1973)
Pioneer integrated
Pioneer receiver
Yamaha integrated
Threshold 400A
dB Systems DB-6 (I still have this if anyone would like it)
Audio Research Classic 30
Pass Aleph 5
Pass X-150 (current)
Pass Aleph 3
CJ Premiere 11a (current)
edesilva
768 posts
 
Geez, you guys started out a lot higher on the audio food chain than I did. The evolution of my main 2CH rig:

Lafayette kit SS integrated
Technics ? receiver
Yamaha AX100
Adcom 555 Mk II
Quicksilver Silver Edition Mono amps
ARC VT-100 Mk III (current)
2nd ARC VT-100 Mk III (current)

Oddly, its all still in use except the first piece. Brother in med school has Technics rcvr (poor guy) and 'rents have AX100. I still have the other three in use.
wloeb
43 posts
 
Techniques receiver 2yrs
Denon 350 W Amp 2 yrs
McCormack DNA .5 yrs
Pass Aleph 2 2 yrs and counting
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