Adcom 535

Phasearray
Phasearray Posts: 437
edited August 2007 in Electronics
wow these things are powerful! Can anyone recommand a good pre-amp to go with this. I wired it straight through from my CD Player to the amp and I'm guessing i'm this close <--> to getting booted out of the apartment.
Receiver - Onkyo HT-R340
Front - Pioneer S-HF21
Center -Onkyo SKC-340C
Surround Back - Polk R15 <--Ticket to club polk
Subwoofer - Onkyo SKW-340
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,221
    edited August 2007
    They are sweet sounding power houses. I recently aquired an Adcom GCA 510 which is the 535 power amplifier section mated to a passive line stage pre-amp all in one unit. It's basically an integrated with out a preamplifier stage. It's a simple 2 gain stage heavily biased integrated amp. It sounds fantastic and it's got more power than a smallish square box should. These were made for the UK market because they tend to choose integrated type amps over traditional seperates or a receiver.

    Those 535's tend to mate up well with any pre but to be sure to get the full sonic potential from that amplifer go with something nice.

    any of the Adcom pre's without the tuner or Nakamichi, Parasound, Aragon come to mind.

    H9
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  • Phasearray
    Phasearray Posts: 437
    edited August 2007
    ok thanks!
    Receiver - Onkyo HT-R340
    Front - Pioneer S-HF21
    Center -Onkyo SKC-340C
    Surround Back - Polk R15 <--Ticket to club polk
    Subwoofer - Onkyo SKW-340
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited August 2007
    turn that **** down!!!!!!!!!!!! :p
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited August 2007
    dude. you need a CD player with variable audio outputs if you are going to hook it up directly to an amp. otherwise you'll blow your speakers and your eardrums. ;)
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited August 2007
    I'm running an Outlaw 950 with my 4 Adcom 535's. Sounds fantastic. I remember George posted that these amps were bench tested at about 80wpc, far above the 60wpc they are rated at.
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  • Phasearray
    Phasearray Posts: 437
    edited August 2007
    Hmm if the sound is louder without the pre-amp, then a pre-amp is nothing more than a variable resister that does not augment the signal but merely attenuates it.
    Receiver - Onkyo HT-R340
    Front - Pioneer S-HF21
    Center -Onkyo SKC-340C
    Surround Back - Polk R15 <--Ticket to club polk
    Subwoofer - Onkyo SKW-340
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited August 2007
    i put a 535 on my monitor 5's, wow what a difference....amazing amp :D


    Amplified anything in an apartment is bad news.....check the mail for your eviction notice.
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  • Phasearray
    Phasearray Posts: 437
    edited August 2007
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    i put a 535 on my monitor 5's, wow what a difference....amazing amp :D


    Amplified anything in an apartment is bad news.....check the mail for your eviction notice.

    I have two PSW1000 driven by those 500watt Bash to quicken the process!
    Those Bash amps from Part Express really are amazing. Really light weight it's hard to believe all that power is coming from them at 1/2 volume.
    Receiver - Onkyo HT-R340
    Front - Pioneer S-HF21
    Center -Onkyo SKC-340C
    Surround Back - Polk R15 <--Ticket to club polk
    Subwoofer - Onkyo SKW-340
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  • john22614
    john22614 Posts: 214
    edited August 2007
    I just got the new Outlaw 970 pre amp....incredible sound and seemless sound stage. Crystal clear. Highly recommended.
    B&W 804s mains
    B&W HTM4 center
    Polk PSW 1000 sub
    Outlaw 990 Pre Amp
    Anthem MCA 30 Amp
    Monitor Radius 180 surrounds
    Audiosource Stereo Amp for surrounds
    Denon 2910 Universal DVD/SACD Player
    Comcast DVR
    Pioneer Elite 42" Plasma 940 HD
    Harmony Universal Remote
    Blue Jeans interconnects and biwires
    Itunes Air Express
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  • Texas42
    Texas42 Posts: 404
    edited August 2007
    I'd recommend the Adcom GFP-565 preamp which can often be found for around $200-300. Another option would be the GFP-555. Both look the same and are both a good cosmetic match for the GFA-535 as well.
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited August 2007
    Great little amp, holds its own in the rears with my other more powerful, much more expensive amps.
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