I don't change that often, but I have still had a number of amps.
Kenwood 7300 (78-83)
DIY 20W Class A (83-87)
Beard P35 (87-91)
Classe DR-8 (91-97)
Krell 300i (97-02)
Aleph 30 (02-) |
arc-vt100....aloia 13.01 x 2 ( biamped ).....tenor 75 WI,currently and probably for a long time. |
Bryston 3B, Krell KSA-50 Mk II, ARC D-70 Mk II, VTL Compact 100, Rowland Model 3, Krell KSA-80B, Krell KSA-250, Meitner MTR-100 monos, Krell KSA-100 Mk II, Classe DR-2 (bridged pair), VTL Tiny Triodes, Musical Fidelity A300, ARC CA-50. As of 4/7/02, I have an ARC D-115 Mk II driven by an ARC LS-15...and I had a 6-yr break from audio, somewhere in between all this! Pre-amps? Thats another story...
RR |
Main system amps used:
Huge, ugly, trashy Toshiba receiver (age 10-13)
NAD3020 integrated (got on the right path at the age of 13)
QUAD 404
Classe DR3
Classe VHC
Classe DR8 (2 of 'em, sold one off)*
BATVK500*
Other systems:
Audio Refinement Complete integrated (office, sold)
NAD7250PE receiver(garage, sold)
NAD L40 all-in-one (bedroom, sold)
NAD7100 receiver (home office, sold)
NAD2100? amplifier (home office, sold)
Grado Headphone Amp (main system, sold)
Headroom Airhead headphone amp (travelling system)*
Linn Classik all-in-one (bedroom system)*
Linn Classik all-in-one (office system)*
NAD7100 (garage system)*
Proton 930 receiver (daughter's system)*
Carver HR752 receiver (son's system)*
Pioneer SX-3600 receiver (outdoor system)*
NAD T760 Home Theatre Receiver*
Pioneer Premier GM- X602 amplifier (car)*
Pioneer GM-X314 amplifier (car)*
Items in asterix I still own and use. Sheesh, I thought this list was going to be a lot shorter than the speaker post. |
Sony DA777ES receiver (got full refund after 3 months)
Marantz SR18EX (loved it, but one day, suddenly converted to a 2ch guy)
Sonus Faber Musica (heck, I own Sigs, so why not?)
CJ Premier 11A (gosh, I thought 'this is it!') + FT Audio LW1 passive controller
And now, Berning ZH270 is on its way. Can't wait!
Ken |
pioneer receiver
krell kav 300i
mark levinson 336 |
Onkyo Intergrated
Onkyo M504
Onkyo M588F
Conrad Johnson P200
Sony N90ES
Muse 300 series II (present). |
After a couple of receivers, went thru the following:
CM Labs 912
Dynakit ST-70
Moscode 300
McCormack DNA 0.5 dlx
McCormack DNA 1 Rev. B (my present unit) |
After the Sony and Yamaha receivers I started with a used Carver t-1 amplifier. As soon as I graduated college (and got my first real job) I bought a new Rotel 990 upgraded to a McCormack DNA-0.5 which I enjoyed for many years (great amp). Bought a Levinson 331 that really didn't do it for me and decided to make the jump into the world of tubes. After auditioning many amps I ended up with my current amp....Audio Research VT-50 and couldn't be happier. |
In a 5 month span.
Technics surround receiver (owned it for 1 day)
Musical Fidelity A3 Integrated (nice intro to SS)
Rogue Magnum Tempest Integrated (really nice intro to tubes)
Rogue Magnum M120's (these are AWESOME and will be staying in my system for a very long time) |
My start to finish:
Harmon Kardon pm 645 integrated
Onkyo receiver
Creek 4330 integrated
Odyssey Stratos (soon possibly for sale)
Innersound esl amp
|
Marantz Model 26 - 8 yrs.
Dynaco Stereo 120(w/mods) - 6 yrs.
Naim Audio NAP 110 - 11 yrs.
Berning MicroZOTL(NOS tubes) - current |
JVC RX-8 receiver
Carver 1.0
Counterpoint SA-220
Melos stereo 200 triode
Audio Valve Balduar 240's triode
Conrad Johnson premier 12's [loaner]
BAT VK-120 Mono's
Conrad Johnson premier 8's wish I still had these.
VTL 450 signature's |
Junk receivers
NAD 2400 THX
NAD T770(my home theater mistake)
Redgum RGi120s |
Marantz
Tandberg 3012
Cary 300 SEI
Vac 30/30
Fi 2A3 Monos
Pass Aleph 1.2
Audio Research Ref 300 Mk II
Accuphase A-50 V (2 bridged to mono)
Tenor 75 WI |
Phillips Receiver
Adcom 5500
McCormack DNA-1DX
McCormack DNA-2DX
Sonic Frontiers Power 2
McCormack DNA-0.5DX
McCormack DNA-2DX Rev. A, bi-amped
McCormack DNA-2DX Rev. A (present system) |
From start to present:
Copland 401
Bryston 3b-st
Copland 504
Classe Ten
Krell KSA300s
CJ Premier 12's
Wolcott mono's
Blue Circle BC2's
CJ Premier 5's (next) |
Moscode 300
Linn Majik
Pass Aleph 3
Pass Aleph 2s
BAT VK150SE |
B and k ht 5 channel amp
carver cinema grand 5 channel
clayton s40
bat vk 60
jrdg model 10 |
My main system jumps around too much to call it evolution. But my secondary system in a home office (bedroom) is (all with phono and CD): Onkyo Receiver, Rotel Receiver, NAD 302, Cambridge Audio A3i, YBA Integre DT. |
My amp evolution is as follows:
Hafler DH-200
ESS amp (can't remember model)
Bryston 4B NRB
Audio Research 100.2
It has been an interesting journey. |
Began with a HT system that eventually evolved into a combined HT/2-ch system. You can see the evolution of amps from a mid-fi multi-channel to high-end multi-channel to fantastic sounding 2 channel. Am using the Berning for fronts, the EAD for the remaining 5 channels. Great combo.
Carver 806x 5-ch
ATI 1505
EAD PowerMaster 2000
Berning ZH-270 |
My evolutionary chain is much shorter:
Onkyo Receiver>
Bryston B60 Integrated>
c-j Premiere 11A amp
+
Airtight ATC-1 Preamp
I am content with this combo right now, and broke from taxes, so I'm sticking with it for the forseeable future. |
