ADCOM


So I am interested in buying some older ADCOM Equitment , yes I like the style and looks, very plain.  Any advice on what series / model #'s I should look for? 

Receiver?

Amp?

Pre amp?

CD player?


Thank you in advance.

kdogone
In the past I've used a GFA5802 to drive Martin Logan Ascent ES hybrids. All MosFet heavy bias AB amp. A fair amount of heat but no fans. I had to go to a Pass X350 to upgrade. The Adcom is still on active duty driving a pair of JBL 4430s.

It's a pretty good amp for the money.
I had a GFA 555II for a couple years. Bought it used. I never had tuff speakers to drive,so that thing never broke a sweat. I think I sold it for what I paid for it.
The GFA 535 amp was reputed to be the sweetest sounding of the amplifiers, if you don't need the power of the 555.  I agree with Wolf, you should watch for issues related to age.
5802 is a great sounding amplifier, and a pretty good home heating device to boot.

I re-capped mine for safety about 6 years ago.
Had a 5500. A big, ballsy, over the top amp, let down by graininess in the mid and upper frequencies.  I sent it to Stan Warren to be upgraded and bought a Sunfire Stereo 300 to use while waiting.  The Sunfire was not the over the bombastic amp the Adcom was, but crapped all over it in lack of grain, black level, and simply disappearing.  The sunfire was far better than the Stan Warren modded 5500, so I sold the Adcom and kept the Sunfire.  15+ years later, I still have the Sunfire (rebuilt last year).  

I also used a GFP-750 for years, great preamp that I just replaced with a Schiit Freya S, which images better, but the GFP-750 was bit better in being perfectly transparent.  The passive mode in the GFP-750 is the best passive I have heard.  

Have had other Adcoms, GTP-500II, GTP-400, GFA-5300.  All were good units that performed above their pricepoint.