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Need help choosing a power amp

Hey fellow A'goners,
Well, I have another selection question for all of you. I am going to upgrade my power amp and need some guidance. My current system is an Adcom GFA-555 mkII amp, Adcom GFP-750 preamp, and I will be picking up the Revel Concerta M12 speakers. I've been trying to find something that will mesh well with this set-up, but have been just overwhelmed with the choices. I'm thinking I'll probably pick something up used (so pretyy much off Audiogon), in the sub $1000 range. Any ideas? Oh also, I would like to stick with solid state rather than tubes.
Thanks!
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qdrone
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Another option is to modify your existing Adcom. www.musicaldesign.com does just this. I have had a modified original 555 Adcom in my system going on 20 years now and trust me it does not sound like the stock unit. For under a grand it would be brought to a new level of performance. In fact I'm thinking of sending mine in for the Blackgate caps everyone is singing praises about. If you do modify you always want to go with the top level mods because you will sit there listening to music going wonder what it would have sounded like if I had the Blackgates or schotsky diodes put in it.
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