Personal Preamp Evolution.

Evolution implies progress, which I'm not sure is the case. Returning to some vintage roots finding some surprises. Here's the sequence (since 1968), with some overlap

McIntosh C20 (20 years)
Audible Illusions Modulus 3 (10 years)
Creek OBH-10 passive (8 years to date)
Wright WPL-10v (6 months)
Audible Illusions Modulus 3a (3 years to date)
Conrad-Johnson 17LS (1 year)
Hovland HP100 (1 yr)
Mapletree Audio Ultra4 (1 yr)
Promitheus TVP (1 yr)

Notice the trend. At this rate, I'll be trying a new one every 3 months!

Quad 33, Dayton-Wright SPA modified, Precision Fidelity C-7, Classé DR-7, BAT VK-3i, BAT VK-51SE. Then I eliminated the preamp completely buy using the preamp section in the Audio Aero Capitole and Prestige CD players.

Hafler DH101(1977), Musical Concepts modded DH101(1979), Musical Concepts main board added(1980), Hegeman Hapi 2(1981), Audible Illusions 2d(1982),Audio Research SP-9(1986),sold everything 1988(kids), Rotel RSP(?) home theater(2002), Odyssey Tempest(2004),Audio Horizons TP2.0n(2006)

HH Scott integrated (~1965)
Kenwood integrated (~1976)
Sherwood receiver (~1981)
NAD 1020B
B&K xxx5
Audio Research sp9mkii
Sonic Frontiers SFL1-SE
Air Tight ATM1 (amp w/attenuators)
Spectral DMC20mk2
Cary SLP2002
CAT SL1mkiii
Joule Electra LA150
Joule Electra LA100mkiii
Atma-Sphere MP-3
Herron VTSP1-166a
Dodd Battery Powered

This makes me feel old! Cheers,
Spencer

Sbank-how do you like the dodd vs the atmasphere mp3 you had???