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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
dsmith901
2 posts
 
In order of use and rating based on max of 10:

Carver 705X (6/10)
H/K PA5800 (7.5/10)
H/K Signature 2.1 (7/10)
Citation 7.1 (4/10; note - gave me an earache)
Chiro C-500 (8/10)
H/K Signature 1.5 (8/10)
Bryston 4BST (9/10)
Marsh A200S (8/10)
Innersound ESL (10/10)

The Innersound ESL is as close to a perfect amp as I have found and anyone looking for the best in high power and transparency should definitely give it a listen, and especially if they use electrostatic speakers, but it is great with regular speakers as well.
muralman1
1,527 posts
 
From first to last and worst to greatest
1. Fisher
2. Denon
3. B&K 4420
4. Jolida 1000
5. Pass X150
6. Pass X600
7. eAR 2 MKII
oldlee
5 posts
 
1. Yamaha DSP-A1
2. Accuphase E407
3. Sim Audio Moon W5
4. ML 432
mattheww
8 posts
 
Nad C-340
Bryston 3bst / C-340 as preamp then Audio Research LS-15
Nad S-300
Unison Research Unico
fetguy
90 posts
 
Oh wow...
Packard Bell tubed stereo (60's)
Pioneer reciever (early 70's)
Tanberg reciever (still running! mid 70's)
Audible Illusions mini-mite pre and power Kit (1980?)
Various SS amps: Amber,PSAudio, Threshold,Phase Linear,Carver etc(80's)
Van Alstine hybrid,Sonographe (early 90's)
Atma-sphere, Spectral, Bryston SST, Spectron (now)
Present iteration is Levinson CD, feeding Spectral, Feeding 4BSST. By far the best balance of dynamics and tonal color I have ever heard. (No free lunch!)
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