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How do Adcom power amps sound?


Hi,

My system is : PSB Stratus Mini, Cambrdige AZUR 540a and a Toshiba 3950 ( unmodded) in a 20x20 room with the speakers placed about 6 feet apart and mostly listened to in the close range.

If you arent familiar with my speakers they are a pretty tough load, 4ohm at 86db.

My amp only puts out 40-50 watts into 8ohm and 65 into 4ohm, as you can tell its having trouble powering my speakers, so im considering buying a power amp for them.

Im on a pretty tight budget , and the Adcom power amps seem to be priced right, so im considering something like the GFA-555 ( 200 wpc 8ohm and 325ohm).

Does anyone have any experiance with this unit, or similiar Adcom units? How do they sound, would it be an upgrade, power and quality wise over my current cambridge amp?

Id probabaly use the cambrdige as a pre- amp untill i can afford something better.
dave123456a1b3

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daltonlanny
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The Adcom GFA-5802 is a warm and sweet sounding amp from my experience. It also has outstanding vocal reproduction, and a great midrange, IMHO. It is a really great sounding amp in its price range, and is not hard or edgy at all. It is basically an all MOSFET design. It sort of reminds me of a tube amp in some respects.
It does match up extremely well with the Adcom GFP-750 preamp.
The only slight drawbacks that I heard from the 5802, in comparison to high dollar amps, is the bass isn't quite as tight, deep, or controlled, the sound is slightly slower and not as detailed, and the highs are VERY SLIGHTLY rolled-off.
Would I buy it again for a secondary system? OH YEAH!
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