need help pricing adcom 555 amp

tonyr1
tonyr1 Posts: 103
edited December 2009 in Electronics
I am looking at this amp on ebay. seems like a good deal to me but I don't know too much about them. what are these things worth?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290379485622&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,788
    edited December 2009
    If you check completed listings, they seem to go anywhere from $250 to $400.
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  • tonyr1
    tonyr1 Posts: 103
    edited December 2009
    Thanks! never tried that feature on e-bay. Now could someone tell me the difference between a 555 and a 555 II ?
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited December 2009
    You'll hopefully get more educated responses, but the 555 is the original, with the 555 II being produced much more recently. My reading tells me that the original is much more highly regarded than the newbie.
    "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Bob Seger
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  • tonyr1
    tonyr1 Posts: 103
    edited December 2009
    Well I'm glad to hear that because I just won the auction! whoo hoo! Now I need a pre-amp for it.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited December 2009
    You now have a man amp!
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited December 2009
    +1.

    Search for posts on this by heiney9 where he explains that the original was a design by Nelson Pass..and that when asked what he thought of Adcom's fooling with his primary design...he didn't think much about what they did and would not have bothered making things more complex rather than 'simpler'!

    Use the search function...I have an original and I think it's a great amp for the coin...and almost indestructible!

    Enjoy....

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited December 2009
    tonyr1 wrote: »
    Well I'm glad to hear that because I just won the auction! whoo hoo! Now I need a pre-amp for it.

    Congrats, if you want to stay Adcom you should go with an older GFP-715 or GFP-750 pre...

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • tonyr1
    tonyr1 Posts: 103
    edited December 2009
    ok thanks for the info...I will start looking for one.
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