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
I owned a 555 Mk II many moons ago....didn't realize how fatiguing it was until I bought a McCormack DNA .5...that was the start of my audio addiction...that friggin' McCormack!

Larry

Thanks for the input everyone , but i think i may just save up for awhile untill i can afford something like the Bryston 3bst. I want to get as much as an improvement as possible.
FWIW for a lower priced amp I would consider NAC, they honor the music and have consistantly gotten good reviews...
Adcoms are good entry level gear. However, I agree with the comment about the McCormack. It's in a different league.