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In rough order: :O

Technics SCHD-70 Mini Seperates

NAD L73 (All-In-One)

Cambridge Audio 540R

Primare A20

Teac A-BX7R

Consonance Cyber 10SE (KT88 SET)

Marantz PM-7200

Sony TA-F770ES

Rega Brio3

Temple Audio Bantam Gold (Long term Loan)

Amptastic TA2020 (Long term Loan)

Sony TA-F558E

Sony TA-F670ES

Arcam AVR-200

Decware Zen SE84C (US built SV83/EL84 SET)

Denon PMA-2000AE

Teac A-H01

Antique Sound Labs Wave 8 Monoblocks (EL84 PP Monos)

Icon Audio LA3 (Valve Preamp)

Audion Sterling Plus (KT88/KT120 PP)

Quad Elite Stereo

Restek Challenger

Puresound A10 (EL84 PP)

Sony TA-F770ES

Eagle SA100 (EL83 SE)

Topping TP20

Doge 8 Preamplifier

Decware Zen SE84C+ (DIY EL84/SV83 SET)
 
hoopsontoast said:
In rough order: :O

Technics SCHD-70 Mini Seperates

NAD L73 (All-In-One)

Cambridge Audio 540R

Primare A20

Teac A-BX7R

Consonance Cyber 10SE (KT88 SET)

Marantz PM-7200

Sony TA-F770ES

Rega Brio3

Temple Audio Bantam Gold (Long term Loan)

Amptastic TA2020 (Long term Loan)

Sony TA-F558E

Sony TA-F670ES

Arcam AVR-200

Decware Zen SE84C (US built SV83/EL84 SET)

Denon PMA-2000AE

Teac A-H01

Antique Sound Labs Wave 8 Monoblocks (EL84 PP Monos)

Icon Audio LA3 (Valve Preamp)

Audion Sterling Plus (KT88/KT120 PP)

Quad Elite Stereo

Restek Challenger

Puresound A10 (EL84 PP)

Sony TA-F770ES

Eagle SA100 (EL83 SE)

Topping TP20

Doge 8 Preamplifier

Decware Zen SE84C+ (DIY EL84/SV83 SET)
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I got you... The problem was many house moves... 😉

try other one... 😉 :grin:
 
Started with some little Rotel
Sony tuner amp thing
Cyrus 2
Naim Nait 5I
Sugden A21
Sugden Masterclass IA4
Accuphase E350
Mac
www.macsmusic.blogbubble.net
 
Creek CAS4040
Rotel RA-820BX2
Arcam Alpha 2
Denon D-M7
Musical Fidelity X80
Creek 5350SE Classic
Yamaha DSP-620AX
Primare A20 MkII
Naim Uniti
Cambridge Audio Azur 651A
 
You're off again I see. :grin:

- Teleton GA203

- Sony TAF 4A

- A&R A60*

- Naim 42 / 110 / Snaps

- Linn Kairn / LK100*

- Musical Fidelity AMS 35i*

- Arcam AVR 350

- Arcam AVR 600*

*In use.
 
At my parents home:

Pioneer receiver SX some thing.... Very shinny silver thing

Pioneer A402

My money:

old yamaha receiver

yamaha RXV750

NAD 3020i

Rega Brio R

to be

Musical Fidelity M6i

Rega Elicit R

AA Fortissimo
 
In rough order:

Sansui AU101
Denon PMA something
Sansui AUG11X MkII
Pioneer SA520
Rotel RA840BX4
Audiolab 8000A
Audiolab 8000C/8000P
Heybrook C2/P2 x2
EC Audio Finestra
Meridian 601/605 monos
Krell KAV500
Bryston BP20/3B
Cyrus DACxp/Mono X x6
Yamaha MXD1

There will be a few more, but forgotten them at the moment...
 
An old and very expensive 1970's McIntosh integrated amp (don't know what model).

A reconditioned 1970's JVC amp (only the pre-amp section was used) together with two high quality 30watt MOSFET power-amplifiers bought from RS Components and fitted by my dad who was an electronics engineer. These had a very genuine 2 x 30 watts of power and were comparable in power output to typical HiFi amplifiers that are optimistically rated at double that amount.

A Yamaha RX-V667 7.1 receiver.

The three 100 watt amplifiers that are built into my Neutron system.
 
Had a few including a short phase changing a few.

Rotel 931 (great first amp) l
Arcam 5 (a freebie)
Yamaha s500 (ok )
Marantz 6003 (Did not like at all)
Rega Brio 3 (liked this one and regretted selling, was hoping to pair with RS1 but finances did at time did not allow
Onkyo tx8050 (ok)

Talk electronics Storm 2 (present amp)

Only changed from rotel when I replaced my tannoy m1s.
Arcam 5 nice but sucked the life out of the more lively tunes.
 
Arcam Alpha 9

An Onkyo mini system that I can't remember the name of

Esoteric RZ-1 (all in one)
 
In chronological order 🙂

1. An old Sansui amp inherited from my late dad (1992 to 1997)

2. An old Akai amp purchased from Brighton Sunday market for a tenner in the first week I arrived in the UK (1997)

3. Sherwood RDS 325 (1997 to 1998 )

4. Marantz PM57 (1998 to 1999)

5. Musical Fidelity X-A1 and Yamaha RXV795aRDS (1999 to 2011)

6. Added Musical Fidelity X-A50 monoblocks to bi-amp(2000 to 2011)

7. Musical Fidelity M6i (2011 to current)

8. Yamaha RXV-2067 (2011)

8. Added Musical Fidelity M1 PWR to bi-amp (2012 to current)

Will now rest....until more fund allows me to get M6 PRX power amp.
 
More embarrassing confessions.

NAD 3020 (I set off in a promising direction)

Marantz PM42 (took a bit of a wrong turn)

Arcam Alpha One (and another)

Arcam Alpha 5 (exploded)

Arcam A65 plus (enough brand loyalty already!)

Cyrus X Power (enjoyed it for a while; going to flog it next year and get something more interesting)

Musical Fidelity M-PWR (in the dining room)

Devialet 170 (in the post)
 
Pioneer SA 500 A (SS)

Sony TA 3650 (SS)

Harman Kardon 665 VXi (SS)

Audio Innovations Classic 25 (Tube)

Cayin A 55 T (Tube)

Artephonos Energa (Tube, december 2012)

Altogether 40 years of amps!
 
In no particular order:

Rotel:

RA930AX (twice)*, RA931mk2, RA935BX*, RA971mk2, RC970/RB981, RA02/RB03*

Roksan Kandy KA-1 mk3 and KMA-2/3 power amp

NAD C350 and C270 power amp

Marantz 1970s huge receiver thing

Myryad Z140

Pioneer A400*

* = still got.
 
A and R cambridge A60 - a brilliant introduction to hi fi amplification - euphonic with a capital U

Mission Cyrus 2 - very explicit - too explicit for long term listening (and short term) - gave to daughter years later. She shorted the speaker terminals. Still got it.- bust!

Children youngish teens approx - back into hi fi with

Pioneer A400 - a pre owned gem! - something so right about it - hardens up at higher volumes tho

Rega Brio 3 - another pre owned gem - swap between this and pioneer

Cambridge 840A v2 - clear,spacious, transparent, very detailed and very POWERFUL. It has tone controls which are not used as the amp sounds obviously better with tone defeat.

all this from 1976 to present date

cheers Tonky
 
This is more or less the chronological order

Denon PMA-510AE

Several AVRs (Most of the Denon, Marantz, Onkyo range in 2011/12. Some odd Yamaha and Arcam)

Audiolab 8000

Rotel RB/RMB range with the protruding fins (I guess 1075 - multi and a 2 channel one)

Marantz PM-7003

Marantz PM-11S1

Parasound A51 X 2 in Mono mode

Pathos Inpol2

Astin Trew AT 5000 X 2

Arcam P-7 (multi Channel)

Marantz Pearl

Classe CAP 2100

Classe CA 2100

Harman Kardon HK990

Marantz Pearl Lite

Jolida JD1501 BRC

Just about the press "Save" I remembered the HK990 (and so added it back) which is the most VFM in the entire list.
 
Tell you what, I'll go with edited highlights!

Sansui AU2200

Rotel RA920AX

Arcam A65+

Pioneer SA-508

Arcam A70

Naim Nait 3

Cambridge Audio 740A

Pioneer A400

Denon PMA1500AE (always regretted selling this one)

Sansui AU-4400

Cambridge Audio 650A

Yamaha A-S500

Marantz PM6003

NAD C325BEE

Arcam A18

Rotel RA-04SE

NAD C326BEE

Denon PMA720AE (current amp, had it for about a year now)

In reality there have been quite a few more, but these have been the main ones.

Overall I'd say the best ones have been the Denon PMA1500AE, Pioneer A400, Cambridge Audio 740A and my current PMA720AE.
The worst, without doubt, was the Arcam A70. Horrible thing.
 
IN 1972 I bought an Amstrad, rubbish but all I could afford.

Then I had a Rogers Ravensbrook.

NAD 3030

Arcam Alpha 3

AVI 9RSS.
 
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