Opinions on these amps..Adcom, Shure, SAE

hoopdaaron

Any opinion son these amps, I have a chance to by any of these to run my RTi12's.

Adcom 5500 $400
SAE 2401 $450
Shure HT5300 $225 each or $450 for both.

obviously I am familiar with the Adcom and that is the way I am leaning, but has anyone else heard of SAE and Shure?

hda

F1nut

Here is what the Orion Bluebook has to say about the amps.


ADCOM
PWR, GFA-5500
Description: 2-CHANNEL, MOSFET OUTPUT, LOW NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
Manufacture Years: 1997 - Current
Additional Information:
Power: 200
Retail
MSRP: $1,200.00
USED: $550.00



SAE(Scientific Audio Electronics)
PWR, 2401
Description:
Manufacture Years: 1976 - 1982
Additional Information:
Power: 200
Retail
MSRP: $1,000.00
USED: $350.00



SHURE
SGNPRO, HTS-5300 SURROUND SOUND w/REMOTE
Description: ACRA VECTOR LOGIC STEERING, ENHANCE MODES, DIGITAL DELAY
Manufacture Years: 1988 - 1992
Additional Information:
Retail
MSRP: $1,000.00
USED: $120.00


Looks to me like the Shure isn't even a amp, but a pre/pro. Based on price alone, Adcom wins out.

hamzahsh

If I were you and I have RTi12's I would buy 2 NAD C272 2-channel AMPs and bridge each of them to monoblock which gives 300w single channel driven. Remember RTi12s need upto 500w of continuous power. The more you give the better the they perform.

hoopdaaron

The deal on the Adcom may be too good to pass up considering he will take $400 and it is $400 worth of stuff I am going to trade him. (Misc car audio product gathering dust in the attic)

I might go for the adcom, and then eventually keep my eyes out for another adcom, and bridge them to each speaker in the future.

I have an Okyo 901 receiver, would you let the Adcom do the whole load, or biamp the RTI12's?

hda

AsSiMiLaTeD

The lows are what suck so much of the power in those 12s...

I'd bi-amp for two reasons:

1 - Different amps have different sound characteristics, and you generally want the same sound at least across the front stage (mains and center). You may notic tonal differences when powering the 12s with the Adcom and the center with the Oink...

2 - Since the lows suck so much juice, you'd really want an amp of that power dedicated only to them. The mids and highs don't need taht much power, and your receiver should be able to handle them fine, so I'd let it do it's job.

So, I'd bi-amp the 12s with the receiver on the top post, amp on the bottom...

Note: The above is based on the assumption that you are using this for HT. If this is primarily a 2 channel rig, at least one of the points above is moot.