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Adcom?

Does ADCOM still make products and most importantly sell products?

I bought a amp/pre-amp combination (710 for the preamp and maybe 5300 for the stereo amp), and it was the worst electronics I have had in my house in 40 years, that is, beside NAD.
Both components started to malfunction majorly just after a few months (pre-amp volume control having a mind on its own, amplifier was discharging loud every couple minutes).
They both times promised me that they would exchange mine for new, so after agreement, I sent my gear back to them, and they sent it back to me with the same problems... we did that a couple times.... I think the tech guys were billing the department for new units, kept them for themselves, and sent me back the same crap untouched.
I could tell both times that the gear was untouched by adcom as I had marked the units on frames.

I feel like this kind of fraud is happening a lot, especially this time of the year when audio gear dealers offer "black friday deals", but in fact, they sell refurbished units thinking you won’t see anything.

Adcom, dealers selling refurbished as fresh from factory, thoughts?
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qdrone
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I’ve owned the Adcom 555 since it was first made,bought it used. After reading a favorable review of a Musical Concepts Modified 555 in Absolute Sound I sent it too them and I had it modified. Very impressed with the results,gone was the grain in the treble and the bass had more slam and tighter. They made it dual mono too. I still have it in storage and I hard wired a Card as power chord into it.
I just got my Adcom 750 pre amp,a Nelson Pass design,back from Musical Concepts last month after having it modified to the Elite level and it sounds Uber. Sounds tube like with detail and warmth,very holographic with separation of instruments. I had owned the 750 since buying it from the first run with the Blue circuit board and Stereophile rated the 750 Class A.
Adcom was my first foray into affordable high end and holds a warm place in my heart.

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