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Your amp history...

1985 trio something huge and silver
1990 creek 4040
1994 audiolab 8000a
1998? naim 32.5 naim 140
2009 naim 72 avondale ps, naim 140
2009 naim 72, avoldale ps, naim 250
2009 a good year for the hi fi!

Mike
 
loads of teen set ups incl nad etc
arcam A75
Arcam P75
Arcam A22
ARCLS2
AVI Mono's
Belcanto EVO4
Audio reality mono's
passive pre
belles 350
Belles 28a pre

quite happy -now regard hifi as an illness
 
Late 70's - my mothers old Pioneer reciever
Early 80's some Akai and then a Marantz which still is in use at my sisters place.
Mid 80's - bought a heavy Onkyo 80-someting - first real amp.
Early 90's Naim Nac62 & Nap 90 (Shoeboxes)
Still early 90's - added a Hicap
And then changed to a Nac 72
And the Nap 90 to a Nap 180 to a NAP 250
Suddenly no changes for nearly a decade.
Then in the early 2000's changed the Nac 72 to a Nac 102 into a Nac 82
Added a Supercap
Sold the lot in 2007 and got a Cambridge A840v2.
And there it would be nice to say that everything came together.
But 2009: Nait XS with flatcap XS wich is so far is extremly pleasing, an as a bonus looks really good (not a Cambridge treat - my taste of course).
In second systems since the 90's I always have had a Nait3 and later a Nait3R.
Best system all time that I should have kept would be Nac72/Hicap/Nap180 but the Nait XS could be reall close as I havn't had as much fun listening i a decade or so.
I've done got old!
 
Cyrus 7
TAG McLaren PA10/10P
Arcam Delta power amp
AVI Lab Series
Bow Technologies Wazoo XL
Gryphon Callista 2100
Bel Canto Evo 2i GenII
Krell KAV400Xi
Quad 99/909
Densen B300/Quad 909
Cairn 4808
Sony TA-FB930R QS
McIntosh MA2275
 
A60
Nad 3020
Naim 42/110
Naim 72/110
Naim 72/250/Hicap
Naim 72/250/Hicap @30V rails - 8 x tracking pre-regs built in to 72
 
But I can't look back to so many pages...

My two first amps were kits that I built by myself.
Then:
Nikko,
Hitachi,
Luxman,
QED (was my first Brit amp and was great!),
Nait2,
nait3,
nait3/Flatcup,
72/Flatcup, 140,
72/Hicup, 140,
32.5 90,
72/Hicup/140,
102/Hicup/napsc/140,
102/Hicup/napsc/180,
82/Hicup/180
82/Hicup /250
82/2 Hicups/ 250

what next?

Arye
 
Hmm... Not a particularly long list given the ~45 year timespan...

  1. 1960s: Philips integrated (el cheapo - don't recall model ref)
  2. 1970s: B&O Beolab 5000 integrated (sliderule controls)
  3. c1993: Audiolab 8000A integrated
  4. c1994: added Audiolab 8000A power amp
  5. c1996: Classe' CP-50 (pre) + Classe' CA-100 (pwr) - insurance claim
  6. c2006: Classe' CP-500 (pre) + Jeff Rowland Model 201 (monoblocs) - insurance claim

Reading some of the other lists, I almost feel embarrassed.... :p

:cool:
 
Updated from previous...

1978 (with my first hifi) Sugden A21
Akai AA5200
NAD 3020
Rotel RA820B
Creek 4140
Cyrus 2
Creek 4040s2
Nytech CA252
A&R A60
Rotel RA840BX2
Nait 2
Exposure X
Exposure 3010
Exposure Super XV
Exposure IVDR/DualVI/VII
Exposure IVDR/XII/XI
Exposure IVDR/IX/XI
Icon Audio MC34A
Exposure DualIV/IX/XI
Sugden A21 (second one)
WAD KEL84
Puresound A30
NVA P50/A60
Naim 72/Hi/180
Cambridge CA840A v1
NVA P50sa/A80 mono's
NVA P90sa/A80/A40
WD88VA XL
Nait 2 (Olive)
NVA AP40PX
WAD KaT34
Exposure IX/XIV/IVDR
and just ordered...
NVA AP80
 
Kenwood something
NAD 3020
Electrocompaniet EC2

Not a long list for so many years, really.
 
It all started back in March 1981 at Grahams Hi-fi.

Nad 3020
Naim 32.5/Hicap/NAP140
Naim 32.5/Hicap/2 x NAP135
Naim 82/Hicap/2 x NAP135
Naim 82/Supercap/2 x NAP135
Naim 52/Supercap/2 x NAP135
Naim 52/Supercap/NAP500/500PS
Naim 552/552PS/NAP 500/500PS

Hopefully that's it.
 
Creek CAS4040 (age 15!)
Ion Obelisk 3x-Xpak1
Naim nac72/HiCap/Nap250
Nac82/TPX1/Nap250
Nac72 with 821a's/TPX1/Zap250
Nac72 with NJ boards/TPX1/Zap250

Also had an Incatec Claymore in my second system, a Meredian component active system and now ADM9's.
 
From the 1970s:
Kenwood receiver
Pioneer receiver
Electro-Voice receiver
Marantz receiver
Quad 33/303
Quad 33/ 2x303 bridged
Quad 34/306
Counterpoint SA7/Classé DR3b
Audio Research SP9/Classé DR3b
Counterpoint SA3000/Classé DR3b
Nait2
Goldmund SRi
Conrad Johnson PV10a/ MV55
Conrad Johnson PV14/ MV55
Crown CE 4000 (for sub)
Crown K2
Exposure XV 15 (as phono stage)
Supernait
Demoing Jadis DA30!
 
NAD 3020 (1986)
Audio-Anaylse PA60
Marantz PM80 (mistake)
Van Medevoort MA220
Onix OA20
Cyrus 2
Cyrus 3
Naim Nait-2 (CB)
Naim Nait-3
Naim Nait-2 (olive)
Naim 72/180
Naim 102/180
Sonneteer Campion
Nait-1
Nait-2 again (CB)
Nait-5i
 
Sansui AU217 1980 to 2003 (plus Mitchell iso phono stage from early 90s)
Nait5 for 1 month
Rega Cursa/Maia 2003 to 2009
NAC282/FC2x/Maia 2009 to last week (+superline from last April)
NAC282/HC2/Maia
 
1976 Rotel 25W (can't remember model)
1980 Sansui AU717
1990 Cyrus2
1991 Krell KSA 50
1992 Krell KSA 200
1993 Levinson ML9
1996 Boulder 500s (monos)
1998 XTC Power 1 (highly modified)
2004 120W prototype amp
 
ANDY H said:
It all started back in March 1981 at Grahams Hi-fi.

Nad 3020
Naim 32.5/Hicap/NAP140
Naim 32.5/Hicap/2 x NAP135
Naim 82/Hicap/2 x NAP135
Naim 82/Supercap/2 x NAP135
Naim 52/Supercap/2 x NAP135
Naim 52/Supercap/NAP500/500PS
Naim 552/552PS/NAP 500/500PS

Hopefully that's it.
Click to expand...

You need to go active.
 
Denon DRA 25
Rotel 840 BX 4
Onix OA21
Linn Majic l
Linn Majic l + 2 Lk85
Jadis Orchestra
Unison Research S2K
E.A.R. 834 Integrated
 
Quad 2 / 22
Quad 33 / 303
Meridian 101 / 103D
Nad 2040
Naim 32
Snaps
Naim 250
Naim 32.5
Hi-cap
Naim 32.5 Avondale 821A
Graham Slee Fanfare MC with PSU 1-24
Naim 250 with Avondale ncc 200 boards
Whest Audio 30R phono stage
Naim Hi-cap with ASR Avondale
 
A Technics Tuner-amp
A Sony amp - still got it somewhere, and it works
Cyrus 1
Musical Fidelity Electra E-100
Tag Mclaren PA10 + 60P
Tag Mclaren PA20 + 60P + 60P
Tag AV32R + Tag 100R
Tag AV32R + Tag 100R + Musical Fidelity 550k Supercharger
Tag AV32R + Musical Fidelity 550k Supercharger
 
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