Amplifiers! What do you have? What do you use?

[Beobloke]

My main preamp is a Yamaha CX-10000 that I adore, but other than that i have:

Amps
B&O Beolab 5000
Naim Supernait
Yamaha A-1
Yamaha A-960II

Power Amps
Yamaha AST-A10
Yamaha M-70
Yamaha MX-800 (currently on a well know auction website...)
Yamaha PC-5002M
Yamaha B2 - a very special version with no VFETs

Receivers (well, they have amplifiers in 'em!)
B&O Beomaster 5000
B&O Beomaster 8000
Yamaha CR-500

Of the integrateds, the Supernait never fails to impress me, but the Yamaha A-960II is a bit of a giant killer. Out of the power amps, the PC-5002M is an everything killer! As to the receivers, lets just say the Beomaster 8000 is one of the last components I would ever let go.

[STD305M]

At the moment I have

Rega Brio 2017

Rotel rc960 pre and rb 970bx power amp

Want a JOLIDA JD-801A or similar

[Barry]

Having settled on using Quad ESLs (57s) for the last forty years, the amplification I use has to suit electrostatic speakers. At the moment the amplification used is as follows:

Pre amps
Mark Levinson ML10A (used as a phonostage) into a
Mark Levinson ML28

or a

Mark Levinson ML25 phonostage into either the ML28 or a
Mark Levinson ML26

These are connected via 15m balanced line interconnects to -

Monoblock poweramps (located directly behind each speaker, so as to minimise the length of the speaker cable):

Mark Levinson ML-2

or

Quad 510 (150W amplifier using an output transformer, but limited to 17V rms output (= 30W) for use with the Quad 57s)
or
Modified Quad 405s
(modified, 'monoblocked' and upgraded by Duncan (tubehunter) to Keith Snook Mod Level 3, with improved components: Dale PRP 1% resistors; Z-foils in key areas; new inductors and more accurate bridge components; Elna Cerafine capacitors; uprated 20A output transistors and improved power supplies using a pair of 35A bridge rectifiers and 22,000uF F&T reservoir capacitors). Further modified by me to have an non-inverting balanced line input, and sensitivity reduced to 1V for full output.


Other amplifiers available:

Quad 520 135W dual channel amplifier (used in second system)
Quad 405-1 (modified)
Quad 405-2 (modified with NET dual mono power supply)
Quad 405-2 (lightly modified)
Quad 50E monoblock amplifiers (x3)
Quad 303
Quad 303K (a 303 fited with XLR connectors)
Radford STA15 Mk.III (15w/channel fitted with Mullard (Blackburn Road) EL34 output valves, and Telefunken/Siemens & Halske small signal valves)
Cambridge P50 25W/channel integrated amp

Preamps:
Quad 33
Hafler DH101
Sugden C51
Linn LINNK phonostage (modified)

[walpurgis]

Oooh, some nice bits there Barry. I have respect for ML gear.

[hermit]

I've only one amp left, a Luxman L590ax. Class A seems to suit the Lockwoods.

[walpurgis]

I've only one amp left, a Luxman L590ax. Class A seems to suit the Lockwoods.

Clean Class A solid state does seem to work well with Tannoys.

[ff1d1l]

2 Luxkit z501s,

Luxkit z504,

Luxman L5,

Luxman L410,
pile of Nad 3020s,
JVC M-L10 and P-L10,
A&R Cambridge Alpha, Yamaha c4, Quad 2/22, 2 Leak Stereo 20s,
pair of Dynatron LF10s,

Pair of Dynatron LF48s
and probably more I've forgotten.

[Frazeur1]

Those JVC’s look darn tasty there! Some very nice amps noted throughout this thread!

[George47]

Need to thin the collection out a bit:

Integrated:

Unison Research S6
Allnic T2000 25th Anniversary

POwer Amplifiers

Wad Kit 6550
Nuforce Ref 9
Audionote Kit One
Pass Labs XA30.8

Preamplifier

Nuforce
Hattor Passive
Townshend Allegri
Pass Labs XP12
Audionote M2
Audionote M6

[Pharos]

I have an instinctual liking for ML stuff Barry, but the £££££££££s.

It would be very interesting to group AB test your modded Quad stuff against the standard factory ones.