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I am also watching some Parasound amps. The HCA-1500A and an HCA-1200.
M80ti's, VP150, QS8's
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The HCA 1500A is a great amp! 
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...........and just because I know somebody is going to come along and say something:
Parasound 7 on E-Bay at the moment.
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You may want to consider Rotel RB-1080. It is an awesome 200 wpc @ 8 Ohms.
MSRP USD 999, but you can actually find it used cheaper on Audiogon.
Axiom M60s, QS4s, VP100 Onkyo TX-SR804 Oppo 970HD
Rotel RB-1080/RCD-1072 REL Q150E sub, PS 3
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I owned a 555 and a 555 type 11 many years ago and they were both solid amps. I never experienced problems of any kind with either of them. They had limitless headroom and I'm sorry I sold them. That was back before Dolby surround and I used them with a great Lexicon processor. I then decided to sell them and go with a Sony receiver. I've been sorry for that move ever since.
By the way, could it be that there are more Adcoms on eBay because more Adcoms are sold initially than most other brands? I honestly don't know if that's the case but that figure should be considered when trying to evaluate why folks are selling them.
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In reply to:
You may want to consider Rotel RB-1080. It is an awesome 200 wpc @ 8 Ohms.
MSRP USD 999, but you can actually find it used cheaper on Audiogon.
With Biggsly's 4 ohm M80s the RB-1080 will produce 300 wpc.
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koiman, nice looking system by the way!
I concur, nice system Lee!
Last edited by BrotherBob; 07/31/05 12:50 AM.
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Thanks Rick,
I sure enjoy it. By the way with the M80ti's this amp produces 450 watts continuous power into 4 ohms. with less than 0.18% THD.
Lee
Axiom M80Ti(4)
Axiom VP150(1)
Axiom Qs8(4)
Axiom M22ti(2)
Axiom M3ti(2)
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Adcoms GFA-555 II are currently going for $350 to $400 plus shipping. Pretty good price. I am still trying to get a Parasound right now, if I can't get one I will probably try to get the Adcom. There is a Rotel that looks good too, the RB991.
Might not end up with any of them, and thats OK too. No hurry.
M80ti's, VP150, QS8's
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Real sweet set up you have there Lee.My brother years ago had an Adcom amp,I don't remmeber the model #,but it was built like a tank.I sounded pretty sweet running a pair of Klipish towers. Old school Klipish not this new crap.
Rick
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