Broken Adcom Pre and Amp FS

Ceruleance
Ceruleance Posts: 991
edited October 2006 in For Sale (FS) Classifieds
I've got an Adcom GTP-500 II and an Adcom GFA-500 II, both of them have only one good channel and the other one does not work. These were passed on to me after they broke so I have no knowledge of how it happened. If someone is interested in trying to repair them or use them for parts let me know. I'd like to get enough money to warrant my time for boxing and shipping them or arranging for them to be picked up (Baltimore). I think $75 for both of them is pretty fair, considering if you can fix them they should be worth about $500. Cosmetically they are in good condition.

Let me know if there is any interest
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited October 2006
    Considering they were passed on to you after they broke, have you tried anything to repair them?

    Would the $75 include shipping, or would that be an added cost?
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  • Ceruleance
    Ceruleance Posts: 991
    edited October 2006
    I took the covers off of both of them to see if I could spot a chip that was fried or some other type of obvious damage and did not find anything. Not sure if that is a good sign or a bad sign.

    Shipping at added cost. They might be 40ish pounds together so that could be restrictive (although MD to PA maybe not so much) I can get you an exact weight if you want

    edit- and to clarify I was not aware that they were broken when I bought them and I had a little disagreement with the seller, but that was 6 months ago and now I am just trying to get them out of my closet and on to someone who might be able to use them
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited October 2006
    There is no such model as a GFA 500 II amplifier. A typo I'm sure. What is the correct model # of the amplifier you have?
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited October 2006
    I don't suppose it would be suitable to meet you somewhere in PA for a hand-off, would it?

    It may end up being more expensive than shipping, in the long run.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited October 2006
    Does anyone know which model the amp is?
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Ceruleance
    Ceruleance Posts: 991
    edited October 2006
    Sorry for not getting back to everyone, for some reason I wasn't getting email notification.

    Anyways, I made a mistake, the amp is a GFA-555 II. (considering there is no gfa-500)

    I would rather not split them if at all possible.

    I think it would likely be cheaper and much less hassle to just ship to PA. It seems like shipping will be only $15 or so for both.

    Dan
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,765
    edited October 2006
    Ceruleance wrote:
    Sorry for not getting back to everyone, for some reason I wasn't getting email notification.

    Anyways, I made a mistake, the amp is a GFA-555 II. (considering there is no gfa-500)

    I would rather not split them if at all possible.

    I think it would likely be cheaper and much less hassle to just ship to PA. It seems like shipping will be only $15 or so for both.

    Dan
    Dan,
    I might be interested in taking both. Do you have the remote control for the preamp/tuner? I think you might be closer to 50lbs since the amp is a 555II
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  • Ceruleance
    Ceruleance Posts: 991
    edited October 2006
    Bill,
    I agree it is likely about 50 pounds especially with shipping material. Sorry I forgot about the remote entirely, but yes, I do have the remote, and I may also have the original manuals for one or both pieces. I can check this evening.
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  • beef316
    beef316 Posts: 154
    edited October 2006
    I will take these if they are still available. I sent you a PM. LMK
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  • Ceruleance
    Ceruleance Posts: 991
    edited October 2006
    The gear is now sold to beef316. Thanks for the interest.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,765
    edited October 2006
    so much for dibs order...
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  • Ceruleance
    Ceruleance Posts: 991
    edited October 2006
    Bill, sorry, didn't mean to offend you or anyone else but I didn't know that you were definitely intending to buy. Also, had I gone by "dibs" order you would have been 4th in line, anyways. I may be selling a few more fully working amps/preamps pretty soon so look out for those.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,765
    edited October 2006
    It really only looked like Nadams was in front of me. Heiney was just asking what model, anonymouse wanted to split (you said no). I was speaking for Nadams and myself when I said so much for dibs.
    Thats ok. I probably don't have time to deal with them anyway.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited October 2006
    damn... oh well
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • beef316
    beef316 Posts: 154
    edited October 2006
    Sorry guys, didn't mean to step on anyone's toes.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited October 2006
    You didn't step on mine. I was asking questions... Yeah, I was probably interested, but I didn't put my money where my mind was :D
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited October 2006
    Unfortunate, but that's how these things go sometimes. The only reason I inquired was because if it was the smaller GFA-535 II, I would have been interested.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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