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
My profound disagreement with evo845. I moved from tubes to the Pass Labs X150 and couldn't be happier. Gone is the caramel gluon that valves bring. The sound is sweet, quick, and accurate. It has brought my Apogee Duetta Signatures to their full promise. It doesn't even resemble other solid states I have tried, including Acurus, Aragon, Bryston, B&K, Bel, and Krell. Before the Pass X, I was a stalwart tube soldier. I don't argue, though, with a less revealing speaker, valves triumph.
Hey Trelja, how about another "classic" receiver? any chance of you offering some of those receivers for sale here on Audiogon? or are you just teasing us?

Lafayette Receiver (1967-1970)
Scott integrated (1970-1976)
Pioneer sx-838 (1976-1985)
Yamaha R-9 (1985-1986)This is the point that I just wasn't satisfied. What a 2 dimensional sound this receiver had. The worst piece of the bunch.
Threshold S-200 (1986-1988)
Dynaco ST70 (1988-1990)
McIntosh MC-60's (1990-1997) still own
ARC D-115 Mk2 (1997-2001)
Transcendent T-8 LN (2001-Present)
Berning ZH-270 (2002-Present)

Went from Yamaha to Nakamichi to Rotel to B&K to Krell to Ayre and, finally, I have arrived with the David Berning ZH-270.
Fisher Receiver(This was it!)
Luxman Receiver (This was it!)
Adcom 545II (This was it!)
McCormack DNA 1 (This was it!)
Classe 25 (This was it!)
Musical Fidelity Integrated A300 (This was it!)
Conrad Johnson 11a (This is it!)