Personal amp evolution

from 1988 to present

Adcom GFA 535 / GTP 400 / Audio Alchemy VITB
Copland CTA 504 / Audio Research LS1 / Lehmann Black Cube
Pass Aleph 3 / ARC LS1 / Rotel (cant remember the phono stage model number)
Pass Aleph 5 / ARC LS1 / ARC PH1
Pass Aleph 5 / Sonic Frontiers Line 2 / ARC PH1
Pass Aleph 5 / S.F. Line 2 / Sonic Frontiers Phono 1
Vac Avatar SE

One regret I have is I was never able to mate my Aleph 5 with an Aleph P.

Pioneer receiver; NAD 3020A; NAD Separates, Dyna Stereo 70, PS Audio 100C; Future tube mono's

Amber 70
Crown D-150
Quicksilver monos
McIntosh 75 monos
Mark Levinson 27
Jeff Rowland 5
Parasound JC-1 monos(tough to replace these with better SS)

Jim

1996 Sony Prologic Receiver (sears!) & sony speakers
2000 Harman Kardon AV500 & Wharfedales, KEF sub
2004 Denon 884 -> Rotel 1056 -> separates (fosgatefap, audiorefinement pre2dsp, citation 5, proceed avp)
2004 Parasound Halo A52 - smooth, but no low end punch on this model for low efficiency NHT speakers
Tried Sherbourn to compare with old Bryston 4B, chose brystons
2005 Bryston 4Bst + Bryston 5bst (multi purpose system)
Switching to better efficiency and sounding Von Schweikert VR4jr's.
Will try Bryston 5bst (sold 4bst to invest in VR4jrs)
But considering Musical Fidelity a308, Pass Labs x150, Bel Canto.

This list will look silly as often the quality of my amp went down as I needed to pull money from my system to support another hobby. Here goes:

Harman/Kardon 330c
Harman/Kardon 730
Yamaha CA-610
Yamaha CA-810
Yamaha CA-1010
Tandberg TR-2080
Nikko NA-890
Hafler 200
Hafler 500
McIntosh MC-2155
NAD 3020
Forte 5
Meitner MTR-50
ARC D-240
Krell KSA-100
Parasound HCA2200II
B&K ST-140
BAT VK200
Parasound HCA2200II

Dean.