There you go, nice! This is truly the only way to know, to help decide in your system, setup, and matching with your amplifier. There is always a buyer for the good used stuff, whatever you decide to resale later. Be sure to use the exact same cables on both setups, if at all possible. Best of Luck. |
Thus is probably not fair because I have not heard that model of VA. I am commenting because of some of the comments about Adcom. I have heard all of their pre's and consider most poor. However the GFP750 is a fine preamp, No other Adcom is in the same league. It is passive, it is active, it is single ended and it is balanced, doing all fairly well. I have met Frank and heard alot of his gear. For me, if I could get someone that I trust that clearly know them both and could tell me that the VA is better, I might go that way, if not, the Adcom is a safe bet and I'd run with that. Plus, not likely that you would lose on resale of the Adcom. |
I got the Adcom GFP 750 and tested it. These are the other components: Mcintosh Audio 2125 (power amp) Previously I used the pre-amp option on Cambridge Audio CX81 The sound quality is incredible (at least compared to the Cambridge). Soundstage, precision and details have much improved. I am getting the Van Alstine next for the comparison! |
