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In Reply to: RE: Help me with amp-buyer's remorse- Adcom GFA5500 posted by mr.bear on May 11, 2015 at 15:17:08
I once owned an Adcom 5500. It was a pretty decent mid-fi SS amp. I liked it better than some of the Rotel/Parasound amps that were popular at the same time (late 90s). Hell, I thought the Adcom sounded better that a Rowland Integrated amp that came out around then! :) The Rowland did have an awesome looking faceplate though...
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I'll have a thick chunk of aluminum machined with MY name and some numbers and stuff. like "Bear-Whiz 6000 MOS-FET" and put it on the Adcom. Heck, I work for a metal fabrication shop, no problem. No sonic improvement but it ill look very cool!
Wasn't that the Rowland int. amp that was actually a Rotel in a Rowland chassis?
Funny you say that but perhaps it explains things.
One of the biggest sonic disappointments I have ever heard was that Rowland integrated. It looked so cool with the massive faceplate and the machine black top plate. I was sure it would sound at least really good just based on cost, reputation and appearance. I set it up in a pretty decent system, turned it on and....the music heard sounded soulless, sterile, boring, almost a compressed sounding presentation. It was terrible. Gave it some time to warm up and it was a bit better but there was no way I could live with that.
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