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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?
128x128chrisr
213runnin
914 posts
 
Yep, Taiwan it is.  I do like to support domestic manufacturing, but am a realist when it comes to electronics.  How long have you had the 555ms?

Last night I heard a song from Johny Cash's American recordings, just his gravelly old voice and an electric guitar to start.  Simply amazing, space, realism, and that sense of live music in the room.  Not bad for a 'budget' amp.
schubert
7,386 posts
 
I read an article lately that US first-line fighter planes have electronics not made in USA because no one builds them here .
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geoffkait
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Sounds like someone’s been watching too much RT TV. I’m pretty sure Lockheed Martín, Northrop Grumman and Boeing are quite capable of building aircraft electronics. In fact I imagine there are laws prohibiting the use of foreign made electronics in “front line aircraft,” especially the classified ones. If it doesn’t make sense it’s not true.
whitestix
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A bit off topic, but I thought I'd share this.  I recently picked up an old Adcom GFA 5400 and it isn't nearly the equal of my McCormack DNA .05 Deluxe amp, but it sounds very good.  I found no fault with it -- perfectly musically.   The mosfet design of it lends it to upgrades and I have a tech upgrading it to the nth degree to see what it is really capable of being.  The bones to the GFA 5XXX line of amps, designed I think by Nelson Pass, are quite good.  In the stock unit, I heard no edginess in SQ.  It clearly does not have the resolution of the more expensive amps.   
schubert
7,386 posts
 
I thought so too geoffkait. why I put it on here .

FWIW The B&K st-140 was a  total copy of  a Van Alstine amp of the day .
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