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Your amp history...

1974 Sony TA88
1982 NAD 3020
1988 2 X Musical Fidelity P150 + Homemade preamp
1991 Naim 72/140
1993 72/Hicap/140
1995 72/hicap/250
1995 82/hicap/250
1995 82/2xHicap/250
1995 82/2xHicap/135s
1996 52/Scap/135s
2007 552/135s
2009 552/500

no changes planned to amps...

Above describes main system.......other amps still in use include Olive Nait 2
Cyrus 3 and Cyrus 7/PSXR

laurie
 
Over the past 15 years or so:

1994: Rotel RA930AX
1995: Arcam Alpha 6 (quite a lot better)
1995: Naim Nait 3 (a helluva lot better)
1996: 72/HiCap/140 (lovely - miss this a lot)
1997: 82/HiCap/180 (meh)
1998: 82/HiCap/135s
1999: 52/SCap/135s
2003: 252/SCap/135s.

About to sell the lot and go back to a CB Nait 2...
 
Technics integrated cant remember model. Good quiet. better still off!
HK6250 Student budget. Ok
112X 150X Hi cap. Too bright with some media great with others.
72 150X Teddy capII. Rock!
72 150x Avondale 821 boards Teddy capII Rock and Roll!
Avondale G1 TeddycapII 150X. For those about to rock we salute you!
 
Leak stereo 30 - excellent
Leak 2000 - loud but dubious
Yamaha CA-1000 - refined and powerful
Yamaha CA-400 - less refined and less powerful
AMC 2445 x 2 - very good indeed
Carver 550 x 2 - 'dark side of the moon' never sounded like this before - but hum owing to the different US/UK electrical circuits
Naim 135 x 6 - rebuilt by Les at Avondale - audio Nirvana
 
1968 Armstrong 521
1972 Cambridge Audio P50 Mk2
1974-1976 Tandberg TP41 Transistor Radio during overseas posting to Zambia
1979-1983 Technics Concise Mini System during overses posting to Middle East
1983 Yamaha A1000
1987 Quad 34 606 Mk1 aquired during another overseas sortie
1996 Audiolab 8000S / 8000P combo
1999 Naim 82 / 250
2007 Naim 252 / 250
20089 Naim 252 / Avondale M130
 
NAIM 42.5/110
NAIM 82/180
NAIM 82/HI/180
NAIM 252/300
NAIM 552/300
NAIM 552/300/300
NAIM 552/500/500
NAIM 552/500

Not sure whats next.
 
Early 70's on----

Some Sanyo or Sansui student amp -
Some shiny Sony thing
Harrison Chapman S200 (I think)
Naim 12/160
Naim 12/snaps/250
Naim 32.5/Hicap/250
Naim32.5/Hicap/135's
Naim72/Hicap/135
Naim82/2hicaps/135s
Naim82/supercap/135s

Finally realised this was going nowhere and costing loads

Dynavector 300/HX1.2

No further changes planned this life time
 
1986 - Pioneer A22, a £100 special, akternative to the NAD everyone had.
1995 - Pioneer A400X. Disappointing.
96ish - second hand Quad 33/303. Hang on, how can something 30 yrs old be this good?
97/98ish - Quad 44/405, later biamped 405s. Now this, I like.
2000 - Rotel Michi RHA10 pre.
2001ish - Meridian 105. Very good.
2006 - modded Quad 405, better than the original.
2008 - AVI 2000 power, very beefy.
2008 - just for a laugh, let's try this Yaqin valve job. Oh, the AVI and Rotel can go in the spare room for now.

Tumbleweed...
 
Technics integrated amp
Cyrus Two
Linn Intek
Naim 62/140
Naim 140/62 highly modified by Neil McBride
McBride 62/Klout
McBride 62/3 Klouts
Klimax Kontrol/3 Klouts
Klimax Kontrol/Klout
Klimax Kontrol/Akurate 2200
 
Creek 4140
Arcam av50 ( arcam av amp 5x alpha 8's in one case )
Naim 112x/150x
Naim 122x/150x
Naim 122x/avondale audio s100
 
Pioneer Integrated (can't remember which one)
Creek CAS4040 Integrated
Naim 32.5/HI-CAP/110
Naim 32.5/HI-CAP/250 (Sold the Lot)
Naim 202/200/NAPSC
Naim 202/HI-CAP/200/NAPSC
Naim 202/Supercap/200
Naim 202/Supercap/250.2
Naim 252/Supercap/250.2
Naim 552/552PS/250.2 (Sold the Lot)
Rega Osiris
 
GBC small integrated amp (an Italian thing from the late 60s - still in my cellar)
Pioneer SA7300
Nait1
Naim 42.5/Hicap/140
Naim 42.5/HiCap/160
Audio Innovations Classic 25
Naim 42.5/90
Denon SA10
Denon 3803 Multichannel
Bow technologies Grand Wazoo
Naim 202/200
- plus Napsc
- plus HiCap2
NaimAV2/200/175
NaimNaitXS
rega Mira
?

To be continued, i think..
 
Receiver section from JVC PC-55
Technics SU-V460
Arcam Alpha 2
Aura VA 100
Aura VA 100 Mk2
Marantz PM44 ('cos the Aura broke :mad:)
Audiolab 8000a
Meridian 501 / 557
Meridian 568 / 557

And it's probably not the finish..... :D
 
Sinclair Project 60 self-assembled modular system (ZX30 PA modules) ~1970 (started when still at school!)
Sinclair Project 60 upgraded to bridged ZX50 PA modules ~1972
Radford HD250 ~1976
Musical Fidelity The Preamp 2a + P170 ~1991
TAG McLaren PA10 preamp (MF P170 retained) ~2007
Triamp system with Musical Fidelity P270 + 2x MF P170 (TAG McLaren PA10 preamp retained)

Just love those MFs - but always fancied the MF SA470, if only for potential to double as central heating boiler..
 
Naim 32.5 / 110
Naim 32.5 / 180
Naim 82 / 180
Naim 82 / hicap / 180
Naim 72 (avondale) / Hicap / Avondale S100
Dynavector L300/P300 Mk2 / Avondale S100
Dynavector L300/P300 Mk2 / HX1.2

happy were I am now, excellent sound and just two boxes!
can't see any changes coming up.
 
first was Realistic
second Sony STR 6036
then harman kardon hk505/670,
after that hk665,
Electrocompaniet,
then audiolabor, brinkmann,
inbetween a little hk630 with exellent sound but not enough power for my Dynaudios...
since 02 Iam very happy with a near 30kg heavy vintage receiver
the Citation Receiver from harman kardon!
 
First, an amp I think called 'Arena' came in a wooden sleeve (possibly heidi neilson or something).

Then cheap hitachi integrated
Then Nytech 202
Then naim 92/flatcap/90
Then naim 102/napsc/hicap/180
Now naim 202/napsc2/hicap/200
 
pioneer sx850 reciever
cyrus 1
cyrus 2
naim 72/140
naim 72/hicap/140
audio innovations 500
musical fidelity a100
audiolab Q & M x 2
naim 72/180
naim 72/hicap/ 250
tom evans finestra pre / michell alecto monos
audio aero capitole cd/pre / michell orca nc / michell alecto mono
michell orca nc / audio research vt100 mk2
convergent audio technology sl3 ultimate(CAT) pre / audio research vt100 mk2 (best i've owned or indeed heard at home)
krell ksa 100s (very good)
ECS EA1 monoblocks (hifi choice editors choice, 6k a pair. who did they bung for this review. garbage. glad i bought them quarter of new price and sold them on for the same money)
audio innovations series 1000 mk3 monos
audio innovations 2nd audio 2a3 monos
concordant exhilarant pre / audio innovations 2nd audio 2a3 monos
 
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