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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
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lou_setriodes
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Here's my amp/int amp/rec'r journey from 1984 to 2012:

1. yamaha M50, crown straight line 1 preamp
2. Sansui AU717
3. NAD 2155, Luxman preamp, Acoustat TNP pre
4. B&K ST140, Acoustat, TNP pre, Music reference RM5 mkII pre & dyna PAS 2
5. Dynaco ST70, Dyna PAS 3
6. McIntosh MC225, Music Reference pre
7. B&K EX442 Sonata - sounded almost exactly like the Paoli's), Music Ref pre
8. Paoli M60 monoblocks, Music Ref pre
9. cj MV50, Music Ref pre
10. Music Reference RM9, Music Ref pre
11. AMC CVT-3030
12. Mac 1900 Rec'r
13. Mitsubishe DA-R7 rec'r
14. Creek 5050 int.
15. Acurus A80, Hegeman Hapi2 pre
16. Early Korneff 6bq5 SE int.
17. John Ecklund PP6bg6 triode
18. Custom KT66 SE int (from ebay)
19. Onix OA-21s
20. ads A-2
21. JVC 80 watt class A int.
22. Musical Fidelity B1
23. Kailin 6bq5 int
24. Rawsonte Brick gainclones, Superphon Rev. Basic Dual Mono preamp
25. Audio Space Mini-Galaxy II
26. John Ecklund PP6bg6 triode - moded
27. Tandberg 3030 receiver

And the most memorable/best sounding: Mac MC225, Korneff, 6bg6, Onix, the B&K's, Paolis, gainclones

And the worst sounding/bigest disappointment: cj (just didn't mate up with the MR preamp & wish I had a PV5), Musical Fidelity B1, Kailin (fans just too darn loud), MAC1900 (great tuner but early SS harsh sounding amp)
samhar
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Pass X-150
Quicksilver V-4
ARC VS-115
Joule VZN 160 MKlll Grand Marquis
Joule VZN 160 MKV Grand Marquis Musicwood

Spectron lll Mk2 (owned for 1 week) reinstalled the Joules

The Joule amps sound is so to my liking I think they will be difficult and most likely expensive to replace.
biggy79
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I had the Denon PMA 2000 AE (great entry level integrated, I used it with the same B&W 803D I have today and they sounded good!), now I have the Luxman 509u and I don't find any reason to change it!
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gassman_67
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Adcom 555 mono blocks
Bryston 4Bst
Bryston 6Bsst
Krell MDA 500's
Krell FPB 700cx
Krell FPB 750mcx
sbrownnw
652 posts
 
Late 80s: Tecnics class AA integrated, good loud amp for college
90s - 00s: Yamaha recievers, Arcam integrated and a Linn Classik that I still have in my bedroom
Late 00s: Tried the Dared 6 channel tube hybrid, wish it had a bigger footprint with better speaker wire connections and more inputs
Present: Audio Refinement Multi5 with a Pre5, which sounds great and beat out a Rogue Cronus Magnum that I had for a month and returned.

I might try consolidating down to the Audio Refinement Complete Alpha integrated since I am only 2 channel. How much punch, soundstage, etc would I lose doing this? Or anyone have an AR Multi2 or 3 in black that wants to trade?
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