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Sinclair 2000
Armstrong 521
Armstrong 626
Armstrong 800 series + some QUAD preamps
Add various other amps more recently for occasional uses. Mainly use 800s and a 626 and some quad pres (modded for sensitivity and tone controls).
 
Cambridge audio A1
Yamaha 592 (still have this somewhere)
Roksan K2
Naim 5i
Sugden A21se (current amp)
 
Right....
Out of these, I still have the bottom Bryston B60 (from 2019) and the DIY Decware Zen which has been in and out of the system since 2013. I do have a Cambridge Audio A5 in the garage and a Bantam Audio Stealth used for the TV speakers.
All in date order, real up and down over the years from various stages of selling up and starting again, moving house many many times too.

I've had a few of Sony TA-F770ES amps, one I bought back a couple of years later, and the Bryston B60R was two seperate ones.

Cambridge Audio 540R
Primare A20
Teac A-BX7R
Consonance Cyber 10SE
Sony TA-F770ES
Rega Brio3
T-Amp
Sony TA-F448E
Sony TA-F670ES
Arcam AVR200
Decware Zen SE84CW
Denon PMA-2000AE
Teac A-H01
Icon Audio LA3 / ASL Wave Monoblocks
Audion Stirling Plus
Icon Audio LA3 / Quad Elite Stereo
Restek Challenger
Puresound A10
Sony TA-F770ES
Eagle SA-100 / Topping TA-20
Doge 8 / Topping TA-20
Doge 8 / Decware Zen DIY
Sony TA-F770ES (Yes another)
Audionote M-Zero / Decware Zen / Behringer A500 (DIY Actives)
Croft Micro Basic / Decware Zen
Rega Brio-R
Bryston B60R
Sony TA-F3000ES
Benchmark DAC1 HDR / DIY Hypex Actives
Rega Mira
Rega Cursa / Maia
Denon PMA-2500NE
Rega Elicit (mk3)
Bryston B60R
Denon PMA-2000IVR
Bryston B60R / Hypex Fusion FA123 (DIY Actives)
 
Not sure if I have replied to this thread years ago, but here’s the amps I have owned in approximate chronological order:

Leak Delta 70
Mission Cyrus Two
Rotel mid level integrated 1990’s (can’t remember the model)
Rotel pre/power late 1990’s (can’t remember the models)
Krell Kav-300i
Musical Fidelity A3CR pre/power
Cambridge Audio cheap integrated for second system
Sugden A21SE
Conrad Johnson ET250S
Conrad Johnson CT6
Conrad Johnson ACT2
Conrad Johnson Premier 140
XTZ A100D3
Lyngdorf TDAi2200
Devialet D200
Parasound P7 and A31 for AV system
Senheiser HDVA600 headphone amp
Accuphase E270
Naim NAC 42.5/NAP 110 for second system
 
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Alba UA900
Sony TA70
Goodmans 4040
Technics SU7700
Technics SU-V9
Creek 4140
Linn Intek
Linn Intek plus LK100
Linn Wakonda plus 2no LK100’s Aktiv
Linn Wakonda plus 3no LK100’s Aktiv
Linn Selekt DSM plus 3no LK100’s Aktiv
Linn Selekt DSM Katalyst plus 3no LK100’s Aktiv
 
I never got round to posting on this thread. From memory, and if the order looks a little odd factor-in I have run multiple systems for years, plus I tend to have a ‘subs bench’.

Timeline 1978-2022:

Quad 33/303
Musical Fidelity A1
Onix OA21
Naim 62/140
Hicap for above
Naim 135s
Naim 32.5
Naim 250
Naim Nait 1
Naim Nait 2
Naim CD Nait 2
A&R A60
Inca Tech Claymore
Densen Beat 100
Marantz 2252B
Sony TAF6B
Prima Luna Prologue 2
Quad 33*
Quad 34*
Quad 306
Quad 405/2
Quad 303 (x2, one Dada modified)*
Leak Stereo 20 (actually x2, but one unused/unrestored)*
Croft 25R preamp
Audio Synthesis PAS-02
Amptastic Mini 1*
Sony TA-1140 (never actually used this one, found real cheap at local auction, bought to get matching tuner)*
Decware Zen UFO
JC Verdier Control B preamp*
Audio Synthesis Passion*
Audio Synthesis ProPassion*
Leak TL12 Plus mono x2*
Pass Aleph 3 power amp*

Ones marked ‘*’ are current, everything else long gone.
 
You guys have incredible memories !! I couldnt begin to remember a good many of the amps i have had .it would run to several pages !!
 
From 1979 onwards..
Some Technics Amp as part of a stack system
NAD320Bee
Exposure Super XV
Exposure 6/7/8
Exposure 9/11/IVDR2
Exposure 17/18
Exposure 9/14/IVDR2
Exposure 9/14/XVI monoblocks
Exposure MCX pre-amp/XV1 monoblocks
Dynavector HX75 Mk2/ L200
Dynavector HX1.2/L300 mk2
Dynavector HX100/L300 mk2...Happy as Larry with Obelisk MK2's
 
From 1976 onward for main system

Dansette Bermuda
A&R A60
Exposure 6/7/8
Exposure 6/6/7/IVsingle
Exposure 5/6/6/XI/IVsingle/IVsingle
Exposure **5/9 14/9 XVImono/IVdr/IVdr

**(Exposure VXN Crossover and NAIM SNAXO)

From 2020 onward second system using old and new

Meridian 568/G68 Exposure 5/9/ IVdr (x5)

Exposure XM3, XM7, XM9, 3510
 
1990:
Cyrus 2 + PSX

2006:
Naim 92/ Nap 90

2019 - current
Naim 72/140/HiCap


Last amp combo is by far the best. Also, moving from Cyrus to Naim - is a big step up - soundwise. While Cyrus is good, it lacks the directness of Naim - which I like.
 
I'm only doing this as a memory test. See you in 30 mins or so
1972 Rogers Ravensbrook
1975 Teleton SAQ 307
1982 Creek 4040
1986 Audiolab 8000A
1988 Audiolab 8000C/80000P
1988 Audio Innovations 500
1990 Audio Innovations second audio monoblocks with 800 pre
1995 updated above with new pre and valve phono stage
2001 Copland CSA 14
2007 Belle canto integrated
2008 Luxman SQ 38u
2014 Luxman L505
2022 Leben CS 600
2022 Crayon CAI 1T
 
Rockmeister said:
I'm only doing this as a memory test. See you in 30 mins or so
1972 Rogers Ravensbrook
1975 Teleton SAQ 307
1982 Creek 4040
1986 Audiolab 8000A
1988 Audiolab 8000C/80000P
1988 Audio Innovations 500
1990 Audio Innovations second audio monoblocks with 800 pre
1995 updated above with new pre and valve phono stage
2001 Copland CSA 14
2007 Belle canto integrated
2008 Luxman SQ 38u
2014 Luxman L505
2022 Leben CS 600
2022 Crayon CAI 1T
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Looks like you like to change more often than not. I was thinking of audiolab too at one stage….
 
A60
Nytech 252, then active
NAP 110 active
NAP 135 x 2
Plinius SA 250 mk4
MBL 9008, then x 2

All over nearly 45 years. Not really a box-swapper.
 
Colin L said:
A60
Nytech 252, then active
NAP 110 active
NAP 135 x 2
Plinius SA 250 mk4
MBL 9008, then x 2

All over nearly 45 years. Not really a box-swapper.
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If I had a pair of NAP 135, I wouldn’t be a box-swapper neither, for both my ears and lower back vertebrae !
 
Very old thread but not posted before...

Nad 3020
Nait 3
Linn LK1/LK2/Dirak
Nait XS

That (alarmingly small in comparison) collection has seen me through since about 1979, with roughly equal time in place for each. Maybe time for a change again...!

A couple of other cheapies for 2nd and shed/office system duties (NAD, T-amp, SMSL) - now gone and using active studio monitors.
 
Leak Point One/TL12
Goodmans 110 receiver
Naim Nait
Audio Research D76 - Great when it worked
Audio innovations 1000 Pre - excellent
Sumo Polaris - Very good
32.5/160 - almost went down the Naim rabbit hole
Avondale - better than Naim
Primaluna Prologue 2 - Good but couldn’t drive NS1000’s well enough
Audio innovations 2nds - Amazing with P17 open baffles at the time
Eastern Electric Minimax Pre - same
Audio Research VT60 - unreliable
Hattor Integrated ( Hypex + Khozmo ) - Did nothing wrong but stopped playing music
Avondale modified - Great
Django TVC - Total bargain
VT IT85 - what a great amp EL34 mid with solid bass
VT Sig 200 - Sublime
 
Naim Nait 2
Audio innovations series 300 with Border Patrol Power supply.
T+A v10
New Audio Frontiers 300b Special edition
Accuhorn
Audio Music 805 Monos Silver with Passive Pre
Octave Audio MRE 220 Monos with Audio Music Passive pre
New Audio Frontiers 845 SE
Java Hifi Single Shot Integrated - On Way soon.
 
First seperate amp was an (ahem) Amstrad 8000, it combusted after about four weeks use then sought refuge in a supersafe brand
Sony something or other which was boring, didn't catch fire in any sense.
Armstrong 426 Receiver - bought second hand, how I loved the Purple Dial, warm sounding, not very detailed yet somehow endearing
Cyrus One - sounded great with an early Rega 3 but swapped for a
NAD 3030 which seemed better suited for makeshift studio monitoring
Onix 21s - expected great things but it had a terrible hummmm, was returned to factory but still hummed slightly on return, was taken when we were burgled, replaced with
Pioneer A400 which I enjoyed
Sugden 21a which I also enjoyed, eventually I felt guilty about its carbon footprint
Audiolab 8000S unremarkably ok, at least it didn't get hot!
Quad 33/303 a little disapointing but maybe needed recap, also tried a 405II, preferred the 303
A&R A60 loved this and had heard many of them back in the day, still have one in the bedroom stereo
Naim HiCap/72/160 BD all service by Class A, also tried with 32.5, sounded great but was becoming more interested in the kit than the music, wanted off the slippery slope
Chinese integrated valve amp - can't remember the brand - another slippery slope with valve rolling, adjusting the bias, though it did sound sweet with the Tannoys I had then
Audiolab 8000Q and 8000P unremarkably ok
Audiolab 8200CDQ (upgraded by he who must no longer be mentioned) bought second hand this seemed a good move but with hind sight it wasn't
Exposure XVIII Super Power, strange set up but preferred this with the 82000CDQ to the Audiolab amp set up
Exposure XIX Pre ah that's much better, goodbye Audiolab
Exposure XXI to replace the XIX, a bit different and has a remote but not sure it is better? Love this Exposure sound apart from the soundstaging being a bit compromised

Recently bought a second hand budget Denon amp for a neighbour, was surprised how good it sounded for the money and would like to try a more up market used Denon at sopme point.
 
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