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Good to see you today. Nice updates all around. Keep me posted on Audience v. WyWires comparison.
Happy Listening!
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Re: the Adcoms; While there may have been been better vintages, I'm not sure there were really "bad" ones, as these were really built to a price point. Though it must be said that the original 565 monos were know to be failure prone due to a reputed design flaw. An after market board was made avialble as a fix. Nelson Pass tended to shy away from protection circuitry as he thought such things compromised sound quality. With higher end, overbuilt products like the Thresholds for example that only used 20% of their output devices capabilities, such practices probably made more sense than with targeted price point products like the Adcoms. It should be noted that the Adcom 555 could not ideally double down to 4 Ohms, and when tested blew fuses when pushed hard into 2 Ohms. The 555 is probably better suited for some ot the older >4 Ohm load Thiels. Adcom GFA-555 power amplifier 1989 Measurements | Stereophile.com
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I had a pair of the Adcom 565s and they were terrible sounding and lacked dynamic scale and punch. Up and left my crib soon after..Saw several pairs of Thiels unwound by the use or misuse of Adcom amps. Sonically not much of an improvement over Denon receivers they could play louder but sounded similar. TomD |
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