Personal amp evolution


Seeing the over night success of the speaker evolution thread, it may be interesting to see what type of amp(s) we have all run. Same deal as the other thread-we will sort of create a puzzle of our systems you'll have to visit multiple threads to put everything together!!! ;)
For me I started:
Adcom GFA-565 monoblocks
Rotel RB-990bx
Jeff Rowland Design Group Model 5
Balanced Audio Technology(BAT) VK-60

either a CAT JL2, BAT VK-75se or Tenor 75Wp on the horizon.
tireguy

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DBX BX-3 My first introduction to audio so I did not have much experience but I could tell this amp could not cut it. Any cheap Japanese amp could best it anytime.

Sony TA-N77ES Powerful, detailed but a little rough on the edges

Adcom GFA 5800 Worst amp ever encountered. No detail at all. Like listening behind a thick curtain.

Onkyo M508 Nice. Detailed. Kind of sweet sounding. I still have this amp

Parasound HCA-220II Another awful amp. No detail, flabby bass. Never want to see it again

McCormach DNA-2 Powerful, warm sounding. Kind of like tube. This is my present amp.

I am thinking of going tube next but it will need to supply lots of juice because of my demanding speaker.