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Your amp history...

Michael L

pfm Member
NAD 3020, early 80s. In first system; Dual 505, Kef Coda IIs
Naim 62/140/Hicap for a good ten years
135s for 5-6 years.
300, two / three years ago.
 
Sansui AU2900
Lecson AP1 / AC1
MF The Pre amp/ Nytech power amp ..then Naim NAP160
Naim NAC32/HiCAP
NAP250
Naim NAC82
GRAD1
Various bodged NAP250's
Avondale Mono amps
 
NAD 3020 (snap)

Onix OA21

NAC92/90.3 Flatcap

NAC72/ZAP250 TPX1 (about as far as I'm going to go for a long while)

Plus NAIT at the office.
 
Late 70's/early 80's - whatever the amp in my "Akai separates" system was
Mid 80's - NAD 3130. I liked this one.
Mid 90's - NAIT 2. Oh-oh - here we go!
Early 00's...... NAC 42/NAP 90. No different to Nait 2
NAC 42/NAP 90/SNAPS. Better.
NAC42-5/NAP 140/Avondaled SNAPS. Better.
NAC 62/NAP 140/Avondaled SNAPS. Better.
NAC32-5/NAP 140/Avondaled SNAPS. Better.
NAIT 2. Or was it?!
Arcam A60. Sweet.
Creek 4140S2. Sweeter.
Arcam A60. Or was it?
Rega Brio. A keeper. I think.

Cheers
Rich
 
Akai amp circa 1985 plus Tandy Graphics Equaliser (we all had to start somewhere)
QED A230 - lovely first taste of a proper sound. Sold for;
Audiolab 8000 - bit of a cul-de-sac as switched quickly to;
Naim Nac 92/Nap 90 - The Naim bug bit. Upgraded to;
135's and 52 as at present

Timespan covered about 23 years. Rome wasn't built in a day, neither was my bank balance.
 
Cyrus 1
MF B1
Cyrus 2
Linn Intek
Cyrus 3
Sumo Athena 3b/Polaris 2b
Accuphase C-222/P-266
Accuphase C-222/pair of P-266, configured as bridged monoblocks
VTL IT-85
Audio Research SP-9/Sumo Polaris
Audio Research SP-9/Rotel Michi RHB05
Audio Research SP-9/Electrocompaniet AW220
Audio Research SP-9/GRAAF 5050
Audio Research SP-9/Krell KSA-100
VTL IT-85
Meridian 501/555
Lavardin PS/AS
Brinkmann Integrated
 
Goodmans Module 90 tuner/amp
Nytech 252 integrated
Exposure X integrated
Exposure XX1/XVIII
Tom Evans Vibe/Border Patrol power amp
Music First passive pre-amp
 
1986: Pioneer A22. Usual £100 entry level stuff, died on one channel in c.95
95-98: Pioneer A400X, which had (and still does have!) ace reviews. God knows why, it was garbage considering it was no longer entry level stuff.
97-98ish: the Epiphany moment. A mate brought round a Quad 33/303. From that moment on I knew the Pioneer was dead. A month or two later I had a running 33-303 for the princely sum of £90.:D
98-2000: Quad 44-405 rising to biamped 405s. Great.:D Did this one *swing* with Linn Keilidhs and an LP12.
2000: Pre replaced with a Rotel Michi item, lovely.
2002-2007: Meridian 105 (106?) powers. One died and went back for repair in '03. They drive QLN Prestige 3 ways, I don't think it's an easy life.
07: 405 rebuilt and modded. This is the best amp I've ever had. Next step will be active XOs using the stuff out of the loft, recapped and serviced as necessary. I think this will give me more quality than any more amp rolling unless I get some humungous Krell affair, and I'd probably get more fun out of designing and building my own XO from plans on the net than just buying *another* amp.
 
Sansui AU101
Marantz 2012
Harmon Kardon Citation
Technics SA 200
Quad 34/405
Nytech CTA252
Naim 42.5/110
Naim 32.5 hicap 160/ 250
Naim 72 hicap 3x 250 naxo/ 6x135
Orange/ Bartelomeo Referenza
Roksan L1.5 2x M1
47Lab gain card 25w
 
Sansui AUD22-X
Rotel RA 820BX
Naim 62/140
Naim 62/140/Snaps
Arcam AVR200
Meridian 568.2/557
Meridian 568.1/557
Meridian 568.2/557

Plus others in secondary systems
 
Something by Akai when I was in my early/middle teens
Technics in early 80's
42.5/110 middle to late 80's
32.5/110 in early 90's
32.5/160 middle to late 90's
Added a snaps at some point in time
Valve amp ~2003
 
1990 Leak Delta
1991 Leak Stereo 30
1992 Harmon Kardon PM645Vxi
1993 Inca Tech Claymore 2
1996 Audiolab 8000a
2000 Exposure Super XV
 
Sansui AU317
PIONEER A400 (Tom Evans GTE converted)
NAD C370
MARANTZ PM15s1
Sold, house change imminent - May go active ??

My wife thinks I change my equipment too regularily. I should refer her to some of you others on here !
 
Nad 3020i (Sadly stolen)
Cambridge A100i
Creek 4040
Quad 33/303
Linn Intek
Naim 62/140
Ming-da 34A
Manley Stingra
Jungson JA-1-JA99-C
 
Rotel ??
Sansui SU7700
Cyrus 2 + psx
Krell KSA 50
Krell KSA 200
Mark Levinson ML9
Boulder 500 mono Blocks
modified XTC pow1
Custom built amp
 
Sony AV amp
Sony QS AV amp
Cyrus AV5 with XPA power amp
Cyrus 7 integrated
NAD Silverline S300
Naim Nait 5
AVI Lab Series
Copland CSA14
Copland CSA28
Harman Kardon HK6550
Harman Kardon HK680
Harman Kardon HK690
Plinius 8100
Plinius CD Lad with 8200 power amp

All of these were through the same speakers, Dynaudio Contour 1.1!
 
JVC JAS11 my first amp followed by Quantum 102, 202 thence to NAC 32.5 with Quad 405,next a RATA NAP 250 which lives at work.Currently using a Crown K2 at home and sometimes a Morgan Audio integrated/power amp combination(the power amp being full range and the integrated voiced for the midrange and treble)
 


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