Most of my gear is from the mid 90's or earlier. I have revamped Apogee Scintillas with a pair of CJ Evolution 2000 hybrid amps. I do use a modern Supratek Chenin preamp which I think is an outstanding value. My front end believe it or not is the first Playstation 1 which sound wonderful to my great surprise. I have been told that this earlier Accuphase uses the same chipset as the Zanden. Bob