Personal amp evolution

1980's: Sony receiver, Carver m1.0t
1990's: Yamaha
2000+ : Threshold Stasis 7.0, Hafler
Currently: Threshold S/500 II, Wolcott CA-250 Instrumentation-Grade Monoblocks.

Wow, this is a great thread to really go back in time and see all the things done.
1. Onkyo reciever, not sure the model back in late 90's though.
2. Conrad Johnson MF2250
3. Rotel RB 1080
4. Conrad Johnson MF2500
5. Conrad Johnson Premier 350 (demo for couple months)
6. McIntosh MC2301
7. BAT VK600M-SE 600 watt mono blocks

The two I enjoyed the most prior to the BAT was the Premier 350, just an amazing SS amp for sure. Then the Mcintosh 2301 was very nice as well. I would still like to hear the premier 350 with better gear than I had when did the demo on it. That amp was very, very nice indeed.

That said the BAT is now here to stay for a while and it is one great pair of amps. Quick and powerful and flawless in delivery IMO.

Well..Ive been all over the place with amplification...but I think Ive found my sonic pot-o-gold-at-the-end-of-the-rainbow... with the MC2000.

1977...Technics SA-200

1978...Sanyo DCA311

1983...PIONEER SA-9500

1990's...Musical Fidelity A100/A1000

Bryston 4B-ST/4B-SST

Krell KSA-250/FPB 200

McIntosh MA6200

2000's...McIntosh MC2100/2105

McIntosh MC352

Present..McIntosh MC2000

Aragon 4004
Aragon 8008
Krell KSA 250
Krell KSA 300s

Not an audiophile, more of a musician, I guess.
Early 1950s: Army issue hand cranked record player
1958 Went electric with a console mono player
1960 First "stereo" long gone.
1964 Dyna SCA 35
1966 EICO
1969 Tired of tinkering, bought McIntosh 5100
1989 Mac dies after 20 years of daily use, bought MC 7270
2005 Needed amp for second house, bought MA 6900.
2010 Listening mostly to Miniwatt through 40 yr old spkrs.
Next will be a reasonable SET outfit. Can't believe I wasted all that time on SS.