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How Many Amps Do You Own

How Many Amps Do You Own

  • One

    Votes: 48 14.5%
  • Two

    Votes: 47 14.2%
  • Three

    Votes: 43 13.0%
  • Four

    Votes: 35 10.6%
  • Five

    Votes: 25 7.6%
  • More than Five

    Votes: 133 40.2%

  • Total voters
    331
Most of mine are DIY, though that doesn't distract from their sq.

Pass F5T
Krell KSA50 clone
Threshold Stasis 3 - DIY, but the front end has Nelson's blessings.
Naim 160 - I do really want to sell it as it just gathers dust.
Pass ACA
Pair of Quad IIs
Leak Stereo 20
 
Pure amps: Audio Research VT100, HK Citation 16, Rotel RB1080
Integrated: Amptastic and Topping T-amps, Pioneer SA9900, Cambridge Audio CA540, Yamaha receiver (model number long forgotten) and Rotel RSX1055 AV receiver.
Obviously I also have matching preamps for the first two pure amps...
 
How to count them?

In use:
- Aesthetix Calypso Eclipse (pre)
- Aesthetix Rhea Signature (phono)
- Simaudio Moon Evolution 760a (power)

On the way to a new home tomorrow:
- Music First Audio Classic (mk1) (TVC pre)

Off for service:
- Aesthetix Atlas Signature (power)

On the way to a recycling facility (i.e. tip) once the MFA has been installed in my friend's set up
- Canary 601 (pre) - faulty power supply and a fiendishly noisy transformer

Planned for the near future
- Simaudio Moon Evolution 810LP (phono)
 
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ATC SIA 2-150 in the main system
Cambridge Audio AX25 (possibly previous model to that) in storage was used in desktop system
Arcam Delta 90 in storage was my main amp until around 2006, I'm tempted to dig it out and get it running again.
 
Too many, here goes;
Proton D540
2 x Arcam Delta 60
A & R Cambridge A60
Ion Systems Obelisk 3
Onix OA21s
Quad 34
Quad 306
Primare i15MM (currently in the classifieds)

If you had asked the question a couple of months ago I would have had to have added
Leak Stereo 20
Naim Nait 5si
Rotel A10
All now sold.

TS
 
More than five… and I count the preamp and three power amps in my man system as one amplifier, since the system wouldn’t function as it stands if any one box were missing (well I could lose one power amp, but where’s the fun in that?).
 
Croft Mega Micro II
Croft SMA IV octal
Croft Series V mk III
Croft 7R monos
Audio Note OTO phono
Firebottle monos
Revox 722 power amp
Quad Elite CDX used as HT pre
(and a Croft head amp, if that counts)

too many.
firebottle monos ... now thats 2 amps i wish i never sold !!!
 
arcam A75
arcam a85 [ awaiting a sale ]

ghent audio monoblocks [ icepower ]
first watt F5 clones monoblocks
teac receiver
denon receiver
denon pma600
bel canto pre 3 vbs x2
fosi audio class T
topping class T
 
Devialet integrated, Exposure pre/power, Croft power, Pro-Ject power, Chord DAC/pre. And two Stax headphone amps and a Michell phono amp.
 
Jadis I35
Belles Aria
Audial Model A

The Audial was recent addition to feed my gainclone addiction and am totally smitten with it. Reminds me of the amplifier I owned the longest (Nait 1) for listener engagement and hairshirt minimalism but does stuff the Nait only hinted at. My goal was to get to a summer amp and winter amp but Audial has caused considerable dissent amongst the ranks.
 
Had a big clear-out five year, things have started to accumulate again :) Have amps from

Arcam
Cyrus
Linn
Luxman
Magnum
Marantz
NAD
NAIM
Pro-ject
Yamaha
 
Audio innovations Series 500
Exposure X
Musical Fidelity A1
Naim NAP140 clone
Temple Audio Bantam Gold
 
Sansui G8000
Creek 4240
Berning ZH270 / TF12
Audiolab 8000A
Naim CB 160 / CB 32.5
Marantz PM6002

Were I not so lazy the list would be half as long.
 
2 prototype Witch Hat amps in a home-made active SBL system. Has a Witch Hat Dragon NEWTed 4 channel Hicap and my own-brew NAC72 boards. That is something special.
1 former production Witch Hat amp for my WFH desk on a pair of Wharfdales Diamond 9s. Probably overkill for Teams.
1 former Naim special Nait2 amp stage in a flat NAP90 box. Was a headphone amp, then got rebuilt for my main computer desk. Drives a pair of MS10i speakers.
1 NAIT2/NAT01 and some more Wharfdales for breakfast radio listening.
 
NVA P50 pre
NVA Second Statement power. Listening room 1.

Avondale Grad 1 pre
Avondale M130 Power. Listening room 2

Incatech Claymore, office system.

Creek Audio Systems 4040. Workshop with 3140 tuner.

Creek 4140 S2 sitting room with Planar 25/Denon DL110.
 


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