What Amps have you had?

[Mattan]

Just one amp:

Cambridge Audio A3i (for the last 16 years)

But it died the other day

 

[Electro]

Sanyo music centre :shifty:
Amstrad 1C2000 ( well it looked like an amp :shhh: :shhh: )
Sony integrated , can't remember model
Nad 3020
Nytech CTA252 XD receiver
Meridian 101 / 105 pre / powers ( sounded better when using the Nytech as a pre amp though :O )
Mission 776 / 777 pre / power amps . ( Original black models ,Still own )
Mission 777 BU power amp ( Still own )
Audiolab 8000Q pre amp ( original one )
Cyrus 3 integrated .
Cyrus power amp with PSX
Michell iso / hera ( still own )
EAR 834P ( still own )
Rotel RA930 BX ( still own )
Primare A30.1 integrated
Electrocompaniet EC4.7 pre amp ( still own )
Electrocompaniet AW120 DMB power amp ( still own )
Poppulse T150 Tripath 2022 integrated . ( still own )

 

[audioaddict]

too many models to remember specific models but 70s amps from technics sony pioneer and jvc (jas71 awsome) pioneer 70s monster receievrs sx1050 and the mighty sx1980 ( the best i ever had but too expensive to repair ) marantz amps of the 90s (very good) technics 90s prepower combos sea 1000 and 2000 (wish i,d kept the 2000) audio lab 8000 monos (hated em)

marantz cr603 ( cheap cheerful and blooming marvellous)

 

[kevin7.1]

First amp was an old Memorex amp. Given to me by an uncle.
Then an old technics amp which I still have. Its from the early 90's I think.
Entry level denon bought as a second system in about 2005. Still have but no space to use at the moment.
Sony STR DA1200ES.
Sony STR DA5300ES will be getting set up this afternoon
Sony STR DA5400ES as soon as its cheap enough.
then who knows.

 

[eggontoast]

Mission 776 / 777 pre / power amps . ( Original black models ,Still own )

Would they be the ones with cast MISSION cases designed by Stan Curtis ?

 

[Electro]

Mission 776 / 777 pre / power amps . ( Original black models ,Still own )

Would they be the ones with cast MISSION cases designed by Stan Curtis ?

Yes thats the ones , the 776 pre amp is battery powered with a built in charger and the cast case work spells mission .

The power amp is the same casting but without the knobs ,

The black ones I have are a very early pair but the other 777 power amp I have is a later BU ( beefed up ) model in the silver /grey hammerite type finish .

The pre amp was fine until I had the movung magnet input boards changed to moving coil because it suffered badly from RFI from that point ,

The power amp is the star though a truly superb power amp !

 

[proffski]

Not counting AV amplifiers.... Not in chronological order! Started 1968.

Adcom GFA55 MKII

Crown Ancron DC150

Crown Amcron DC300

Krell KSA100

Cambridge Audio P60

Naim Nait Original

Other Naim...

Radford HD250

Radford HD500

Rogers Ravensbrook.

Trio

Quad 405MKII

Various Rotel amplifiers.

Ferrograph 60+60

Cannot remember others, sorry.

 

[Roger_A]

Cambridge Audio P60

Cambridge Audio P80

Meridian 101/105

After that moved to active speakers

 

[eggontoast]

In no particular order

Arcam Alpha II,5,7,8,9 & 10
Arcam A65,A75,A80,A85
Arcam Delta 290
NAD 3020,3130, 3150, 3240PE,3100PE, C315BEE, C370,C372,C350, C340, C320BEE
Audiolab 8000A
Cambridge Audio P25II,P50,P110
Myryad T40
Cyrus I,II,III
Audio Inovations Alto
Pioneer SA-720,610,7800,606,A400,708,5500 MKII
Marantz PM-52
Rotel RA-01,02
Lecson Quattra
Sony TA-F411R, F442E
Creek 4040,4240,6060
Sansui AU-101
A&R A60
Musical Fidelity A1,A100
Onix OA20/2
QED A240SA

and a few more which I can't remember off the top of my head.

 

[MeanandGreen]

I've had more amps than anything else, but still not many compared to a lot of people here.

Pioneer SX-440

Goodmans GSA 650

Pioneer A-110

Ariston AX-910

NAD C350

NAD C326BEE

The first 3 still exist over at my parents house. The last 3 I have with me, the Ariston has been unused for 10 years, the C350 died last year and the C326BEE is my current amplifier.

The NAD C350 is/was my favorite.

 

[p_m_brown]

15 years service from a NAD 302
Arcam A28
Arcam A19 albeit briefly
My current Arcam A38!

 

[ACE92]

Yamaha rxv-357, sold it to buy;

Marantz PM7001 which will hopefully be sold once I decide what to upgrade it to ...

And a couple of Technics amps I got cheap off the carboot ,one of them I still use with my Q Acoustic 1030's (will have to go and look at their model numbers some time.) And a "Sherwood" 5.1 amp I use with some small Yamaha surround speakers for a bedroom surround setup

 

[Johnno2]

SANSUI AU G30X, very nice sound but lacked punchy bass

KENWOOD 3020SE overrated, got rid after a short time

MARANTZ PM7200, best amp I have had

MARANTZ PM4001, for a second system, good punchy sound , not the most detailed,refined crisp treble though, but its cheap !

MARANTZ PM7001, like it

MARANTZ PM6004, like it

YAMAHA AS500, good , but issues such as some noise on the volume pot , (a bit of a crackly clicky sound that only happens when a signal going through and is not that noticble)

I have come to the conclusion Marantz make the best amps in this sector IMO

Forgot to add my NAD C352,... sold it on , dont understand all the fuss over this one, it sounded decent enough but , slightly hollow in the midrange

 

[busb]

Technics - can't remember model but cheap as chips (1974ish)
Sansui AU217
Audiolab - original one - had it one week then sold it
Lynx Quasar - lasted 20yrs - brilliant amp!
Primare I21 - now a spare
Restek Challenger - sold back to previous owner
Primare A34.2 power amp

 

[Clarkey_71]

Arcam alpha integrated amp
Mission Cyrus 2 integrated amp
Audio Research SP9
Musical Fidelity P270
Bryston 3B ST
Bryson 4B ST

 

[chebby]

NAD 3020B + second hand Sony ST-88 tuner

QED A230 + T231 tuner

QED A240SA + T260 tuner

Rega Brio + Rega Radio (original 'clamshell' versions).

Arcam Solo-Mini

Naim Nait 5i + Naim NAT05 tuner

Current system.

 

[James7]

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)

Aura VA100 Evolution :rofl:

Over twenty years now and still the only two-channel amp to have graced my main system. I have worked through a few sources and sets of loudspeakers but the Aura has remained a constant, and though I occasionally flutter with the idea of upgrading, I keep coming back to the thought I would need to invest a fair amount of cash to get a noticeable improvement. And since my step-dad, who refurbishes 1970s amps as a hobby, cleaned it all up eighteen months ago it is as good as ever

 

[relocated]

Glixor 30
Sony STR 6055 - Actually a stereo receiver.
Trio [Kenwood] KA 8004
Hitachi HA 8700 Power MOS-FET
Pioneer A400

10+ years of 5.1/6.1

AVI ADM 9T
AVI ADM 40
All the above cover 1970 to current.

 

[BigH]

In no particular order Arcam Alpha II,5,7,8,9 & 10 Arcam A65,A75,A80,A85 Arcam Delta 290 NAD 3020,3130, 3150, 3240PE,3100PE, C315BEE, C370,C372,C350, C340, C320BEE Audiolab 8000A Cambridge Audio P25II,P50,P110 Myryad T40 Cyrus I,II,III Audio Inovations Alto Pioneer SA-720,610,7800,606,A400,708,5500 MKII Marantz PM-52 Rotel RA-01,02 Lecson Quattra Sony TA-F411R, F442E Creek 4040,4240,6060 Sansui AU-101 A&R A60 Musical Fidelity A1,A100 Onix OA20/2 QED A240SA and a few more which I can't remember off the top of my head.

Out of interest, why did you buy so many differents amps?

 

[eggontoast]

In no particular order Arcam Alpha II,5,7,8,9 & 10 Arcam A65,A75,A80,A85 Arcam Delta 290 NAD 3020,3130, 3150, 3240PE,3100PE, C315BEE, C370,C372,C350, C340, C320BEE Audiolab 8000A Cambridge Audio P25II,P50,P110 Myryad T40 Cyrus I,II,III Audio Inovations Alto Pioneer SA-720,610,7800,606,A400,708,5500 MKII Marantz PM-52 Rotel RA-01,02 Lecson Quattra Sony TA-F411R, F442E Creek 4040,4240,6060 Sansui AU-101 A&R A60 Musical Fidelity A1,A100 Onix OA20/2 QED A240SA and a few more which I can't remember off the top of my head.

Out of interest, why did you buy so many differents amps?

What can I say.....I have an amp fetish !

 

[lpv]

Unitra AT9100
Diora WS 354
Sony HCD-SE1 mini system that came with Sony SS-CSE speakers... still have in our bedroom, this system let me listen music
changed Sony to Rotal RA-11, big disappointment - don't want to go into details but music wasn't present.
Marantz PM6004.. much better than Rotel, not better than my little Sony
Marantz M-CR510 now... and I know it's not forever, but sounds same or better than PM6004 ( with Kef's) and no better than little Sony ( with Sony's).

 

[mpapo]

Kenwood KA-3500

Sansui AU-X711

Harman Kardon HK 990

Ayre AX-7E

Densen DM-20 & DM-30

Now I have active speakers

Sold the Ayre because my girlfriend didn't like the look and I always wanted to try the Densen amps, but the Ayre amp was easiky the best amp I've owned. Very clean, detailed & dynamic sound.

 

[sthomas048]

Phew, this is an excercise in memory as much as anything ! Lets see -

1st amp was a Sony, all I can remember it was gold and shiny and sounded sw-eet.

Arcam Alpha 7

Naim Pre/Power

Sansui AU-999

Pioneer SA-Something or other

Musical Fidelity B200

Rega Brio 3

KingRex

MIniwatt N3

and my current amp is a Pioneer SA-500a (back to old skool)

 

[Infiniteloop]

Musical Fidelity A1

Alchemist Kraken

Audiolab 8000P (using Audio Alchemy DDE V.3 as a pre Amp)

Unison Research Preludio

Unison Research S8 - (current)

 

[Roadster25]

In purchase order (roughly):

Cambridge Audio A1 mk3 se

Arcam A65+ (meh)

NAD 310

Leak Stereo 30+

Exposure 7 pre (still got and love)

Exposure 8 power (as above)

NAD 3020i

World Audio Designs KEL84 (valvey loveliness, regret selling)

NAD C315bee. Musical but power supply hummed.

Rotel RA-02 (still got)

Arcam Alpha 7r (more meh)

Onix OA21 - should have kept instead of Rotel

Getting A&R A60 tomorrow. Looking forward to it.