![]() ![]() Does it kill Krells, thrash Thresholds, vivisect VTLs, and bum-rush Boulders? It's rated at 60Wpc, it's from a company that has achieved good a track record over the years for reliable, good-value gear, it's made in Taiwan, and it's been fired up in my Real World system now for many months. Which brings me to a sub$400 power amplifier that also dreams big: Adcom's GFA-535 II. ![]() You want something that'll give you 90% of the sound of the best amps out there and you want all this for under 400 clams! Me, I'd throw in fat-free hotdogs that tasted as good as Nathan's, but then I always dream big. You want clean, steady power, and enough of it to do the job≶0W a side can drive most loudspeakers to minimum Rock-Approved levels in all but the most cavernous rooms. ![]() This ain't no dog and pony showyou want that High-End High, not just some cheap'n'cheerful, low-rez rig to stick in the rumpus room so the kids can listen to that weak-ass, faux-grunge, watered-down Hendrix-howl that modern-day wimp-boys like Pearl Jam dish out to anyone under 30 who doesn't know any better.īut what are you gonna drive this Real World rig with? A Japanese surround-sound receiver with 1000 buttons and a power supply the size of Tattoo's gallbladder? Forget about ityou need a real high-end power amplifier to get your money's worth out of all that cool-man, entry-level gear you've slung together. ![]() Hell, you've even gone out and bought a few pairs of Kimber PBJ interconnects to hook it all up. You gotcha budget-king NAD/Rotel/JVC/Pioneer CD player, your SOTA Comet/Sumiko Blue Point analog rig, and your cool-man NHT/PSB/Definitive Technology entry-level speakers. Okay, here you are: You're a Real World music lover trying to sling together a Real World hi-fi rig. Corey Greenberg wrote about the Adcom GFA-535 II in Ocotber 1993 (Vol.16 No.10): ![]()
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