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
Going way, way, WAY back to junior HS: Curtes Mathes compact stereo (ick)

High school: Kenwood KA6006 integrated (60 wpc) -- headed in right direction

Post-college graduaton: Yamaha receiver (can't remember model)

Yamaha dies after about 14 years, and replaced with Rotel 100 wpc integrate -- now we're getting somewhere

Move to Surround sound -- Rotel processor and 5-way amp (probably lateral move, soundwise)

Seriously upgrade stereo capabilities: Ayre K-5xeMP preamp, Ayre V-5xe amp

Ahh...

Happy listening.
Various "no high end amps " then i build my own Hawk audio kit amps 2 times 20 watt class A/AB.
Meridian 557
Marklevinson 431
Graaf GM 200
Krell evo 400

next will be probably zanden amps but they are a little expensive and big transistors also have some qualities of their own so maybe a zanden pre wil do the job
ADCOM-GFA555-200W PER CH
ONKYO P-103 PRE
DENON 1910CI DVD
INFINIYS SM 112S

H/T
37 TOSHIBA
YAMAHA RX-V665 AVR
YDS-11 DOCK
KLIPCSH 500 W/SUB
trying to build up my system after the amp , next was speakers. So on C/L I saw aprair of pristinte SM112 W/ NOTHING WRONG and the foam surroundlooked like they were professionally done.Yes sonically there weak on the bottom end,but I'not into GOTH, H/M M/M RAP and other heavy on the bottom rock.So the guestion is leave it be or pick-up apair of Hereseys that are in very good condition.
It took a while, starting with a Panasonic SA6500, then started to get serious with Mac Mx112 and 250 until I got hold of an Electrocompaniet EC4 preamp some dufus footballed. The Mac couldn't keep up and as EC does not have a dealer here updated to Audio Research 100.2. At last I have an EC AW220 and my living room is like Powell Symphony Hall. The bad news is, Electrocompaniet no longer makes this model. That is all.