Personal Preamp Evolution


I found the the threads on the amplifier evolution very intriguing,the speaker evolution thread as well .I am not sure if there is already a thread regarding preamps.Many of us failed to mention their preamps[myself included] in the amplifier thread.After all, it really is an amplifier per say.
1967...Dyna pas 2 from a kit
1974...Dayton wright spa
1975...Mark Levinson JC-2
1976...Audio Research SP-3
1977... Van Alistine mods on Sp-3a,removed tone controls etc
1981...Audio Research Sp-6a
1982... revised to sp-6b
1983...traded back to the Audio Research sp-3a and modded further
1976..Audio Research Sp-10,revised to 10b[still in use]
1990...MFA Luminescence B[still my reference]
1996...ARC sp-8 mk2,Cat SL1 signature MK2
2000...DIY line stage,tube rectified,6sn-7gt's for gain.
2002 to present...Supratek Syrah,

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McCormack Line Drive
B&K Pro 10 MC
Anthem Pre-1
Audio Research LS3
Pass Aleph L
Audible Illusions Modulus 3A
BAT VK 3i
BAT VK 30
Audible Illusions Modulus 3A
JJ Electronics 243
K&K Audio Custom preamp with phono using S&B TX102 for line stage(just got this beauty yesterday after a 3 week wait)

This does not include many preamps I auditioned in my system, some of them even long term, including the following:

Rogue 99
Kora Triode
FT Audio LW-1
Reference Line Preeminence 1A
Placette RVC
Cary V12P (Hot Rod version of SLP-98)
Coda 02B