Personal amp evolution

1966 to 2003:
Lafayette Solid State Int.Amp,Olsen Tube Rec.,Pioneer SA-9100, Kenwood L07-Ms,GAS Son of Ampzilla,GAS Ampzilla II,Threshold 400A, Marantz 8b,ARC D-76,ARC D-150A,ARC D-79A, Futterman OTLs,Rappaport Amp-1,Quicksilver MS-190,Electron Kinetic Eagle 7A,MFA M-120,MFA M-150,MFA M-200,NRG A200S, Spectral DMA-80,Pass Aleph 3,Mesa Baron,Sonic Frontiers Power OneSE,Gamut D200 Mk.II,Spectron Musician II.

Realistic STA-14 - Fisher 400 - Pioneer SX-525 - Advent 300 w/ mods - McCormack DNA-0.5DLX - McCormack DNA-0.5DLX SMc Rev C (=DNA125). 1972-2003. Not a very exciting progression compared to most of yous...

Yamaha receiver
Hafler XL280
added another XL280 - went mono block
Electrocompaniet IC-2 (50 watt integrated)
Electrocompaniet AW120DMB
Air Tight ATM2 - AWESOME!!! (still have it boxed up)
Bryston 14B-SST (cause the ATM-2 can't drive my Thiel CS6s)

Onkyo Integra 504 RS
Symphonic Line RG1 mkIII
BAT VK 200
Perreaux 350P
Pass Aleph 30

Sansui receiver purchased at a PX in Viet Nam. (Used it for 14 years or so. It's still in my garage.)
Superphon G 4 or something. Still around but one channel is out.
Bryston 4B - I drove down to Boulder determined to get a Levinson but came home with this.
Classe CA-200 - used happily for several years
Musical Fidelity CR (way better than the Classe in every respect.)
I wanted to simplify my system so in the last year I have tried Plinius top of the line Mk II integrated amp but didn't stick with it very long. (It is not very transparent.) Then tried for a couple of weeks the Unico integrated but as with the Plinius was underwhelmed. I now have on order a pair of "extreme" version of Odyssey monoblocks to mate with a BV-Audio preamp. That preamp is now plugged into the Musical Fidelity and sounds glorious. I was using my old Croft valve preamp that sounded nice until the BV arrived. Neither the Croft nor the Conrad Johnson PR-1 (once class A stereophile) cannot compete with the BV. When the Odysseys arrive I hope I am done forever.