Fixed and finally installed my Adcom 5500

motobman
motobman Posts: 32
edited February 2010 in 2 Channel Audio
I couldn't wait for my neighbor to get home tonight with a solder gun so I went to Ace and bought one of my own. Fixed the Right channel RCA ground inside the Adcom GFA-5500 and closed her up. Took a while to adjust my shelves in the armoire but I think it was worth it. You guys are right, the acoustics sound much better at lower volumes but when you turn it up, it really comes alive!!! More bass and the highs are clearer. My ears are ringing after some testing with ZZ-Top, Muse, and some Zeppelin. Happy for now and will be upgrading the center and obtain some rear surrounds (have ceiling ones for now).

Have a great weekend !


-Moto
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited February 2010
    Looks good-Congrats!
    Linn AV5140 fronts
    Linn AV5120 Center
    Linn AV5140 Rears
    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited February 2010
    Very nice, nothing like fixing it yourself.
    Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
    Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
    Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
    Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
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  • dougy
    dougy Posts: 182
    edited February 2010
    Nice rig. Adcom is hardcore value. Good fix!
    THE MAN-CAVE 5.1 CHANNEL A/V RIG
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    MAN-CAVE 2-CHANNEL RIG (shares sources with a/v system)
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  • HB27
    HB27 Posts: 1,518
    edited February 2010
    Beautiful system set up and glad you got it fixed.
    Just out of curiosity....Do you have some form of ventilation in the cabinet???
    Harry
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  • rcrook317
    rcrook317 Posts: 280
    edited February 2010
    nice setup.....i prefer to show my units off tho.....hows the adcoms pair w/ the yamaha.
    i almost went w/yamaha untilo i found good deal on my hk
    fronts=rti12s(cherry)
    center=csi3(cherry)
    sub=psw125(cherry)
    emotiva xpa-2
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    sony cdp
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  • Huck344
    Huck344 Posts: 453
    edited February 2010
    +1 on the ventilation. Looks like it might get a bit hot in there. System looks great though!
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2010
    Nice. There should be planty of bass there:cool:.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited February 2010
    Nice looking rig man. Glad you got the Adcom working.

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
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    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
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