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Adcom GFA-5500 High Current Power Amplifier

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The Adcom GFA-5500 in my opinion is without question the best amp in $1000 - $3000 price range . I own a Krell , B & K , and Anthem . The Adcom blows all of these amps away including the Krell which is A: a $3,200 amp and B: surprisingly mellow for a Krell product .
From the time I was a kid , Adcom , for some reason never got the respect it deserved . The sound was always described as " grainy " by whomever the person was that was selling a competing brand .Anything could be further from the truth . The 5500 is a ballsy amp that also has the ability to bring out the detail in a recording - something that the amps I mentioned above don't have . A-B an Adcom with an Anthem and you'll hear a stark difference .
Hook this up with an Adcom 565 pre- amp and you've got yourself a very affordable amp /pre-amp combo that is by far the best sound you'll get in this spectrum of the high end audio world .

I've owned many amplifiers including McIntosh, Sonic Frontiers and Conrad Johnson. The Adcom GFA 5500 is likely the best value in the market. I've used the amp with both B&W 803s and Martin Logans. The Adcom produces a very deep and wide soundstage. Detail is excellent without being bright like some competitors. The amp has a very high dampening factor, is a high current design and uses 3 gain stages as opposed to 5 like many competitors. The design was architected by Nelson Pass and in my view, timeless. Highly recommended.