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[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>Just ordered a Adcom GFA-7605 amp! It will be added to my RX-V1400. It will send 175watts @ 4ohms all 5-channels driven.

I am so stoked!

It will be here thursday!

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[jeffsg4mac]

<font color='#000000'>Cool Beans, I had an Adcom 535II and a GFA 7300 5x60 into 8ohms. It was a beast, however when I got my Denon it's amp section sounded better then the Adcom. I hope the one you are getting sounds better then the 5 channel one that I had. I always wanted a 555II back in the early 90's that was a great sounding amp. Adcom stuff is built like a tank.</font>

 

[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>Which Denon do you have?</font>

 

[jeffsg4mac]

<font color='#000000'>I have the 2803, and it sounded a lot better then my adcom GFA-7300 which really, really surprised me because I was planning on just using the Denon as preamp/processor. I did not expect a receiver to sound better then a highly regarded separate amp. I was amazed, and then I sold the adcom to a friend. I hope yours is better, and I know it will sound better then the yamaha. I really have never liked the sound of their amps. Let the flaming begin

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[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>I like the sound pretty good. I am just hoping for a more detailed and powerful soundstage. I feel the speakers are needing more.</font>

 

[Guest]

<font color='#000000'>I don't know the specs on your particular amp or speakers, but one could possibly bi-amp (bridge) power to the mains using 4 of the channels, and use the remaining one to push the center alone. &nbsp;Hence, the surround side/back channels could still be pushed by the 1400. &nbsp;To do this, the amp itself must be built in a way permitting this option. &nbsp;Just some food for thought...

best,

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[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>My speakers are 4ohm. They have a sensitivity of 87dB. The power range is 110-180. The new amp is rated @ 175 x 5 into 4ohms (all channels driven.) I believe this should be a perfect match.

Bi-amping would be too much strain on either end!

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[Guest]

<font color='#000000'>You can almost never have too much &quot;clean&quot; power, especially for speakers rated at 87db. &nbsp;Bi-amping can actually allow one to get the most (performance) out of both the amp and the speakers attatched to it. &nbsp;Given that they are both designed to be implemented in this way.

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[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>I had to read it again to see what you were saying. Use the amp by itself to drive the mains (bi-amped) and center, and use my 1400 for surround. OH BOY! It just keeps getting better!

 

I thought you were saying to basically bi-wire mains &amp; surround on the amp, and to put the center on my 1400. That is why I brought up the fact that the speakers were 4ohm.</font>

 

[Guest]

<font color='#000000'>&quot;I thought you were saying to basically bi-wire mains &amp; surround on the amp&quot;

&quot;bi-wire&quot;...

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

I would never suggest &quot;bi-wiring&quot;. &nbsp;Just get lower gauge wire and call it a day!

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[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>My mains &amp; surrounds are the same. Both towers. Don't you think I would get the most benifit &amp; best total sound by only using the new amp. As I stated, my speakers have a max peak power of 180. My amp states,&quot;175watts x 5 CONTINUOUS @ 4ohms ALL CHANNELS DRIVEN 20-20k.&quot; I believe that means PEAK is even more. Correct?</font>

 

[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>Amp is here. Man that was quick! I am on my way out to pick-up some cables from Radio Shack. Amp does not take banana plugs, so I have to pick-up some spade connectors also. I should have it going sometime tonight!

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[Rip Van Woofer]

<font color='#000000'>A man and his amp. It's a beautiful thing!</font>

 

[jeffsg4mac]

<font color='#000000'>Cool stuff, let us know how it sounds compared to the yammy. It's gonna beat up on it I already know that. Hey in addition the NAD 2600 that I reaquired from my friend, I also got back my old Adcom 535 II. It is blowing the AC line fuse, sounds like it's shorting somewhere or one of the transformers went. Anyway I called Adcom and they said for $175 they would refurb the thing back to factory specs. I gonna do it too because I also got my old GTP 400 preamp back as well and that would make a great bedroom system. For $125 they said they would refurb the preamp as well.</font>

 

[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>Just got back with cables. I went with AR. Even the gold at Radio Shack looked cheap. The AR stuff is nice and cost less than the Radio Shack stuff. Way cheaper than the Tara Labs I have been using!

Even though the manual states to use spades, I am going with my banana plugs. They fit right in there.

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[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>Got it going. It was sounding the same until I opened up my Yamaha manual and read how to set the output. I had to turn speakers A off, go into manual set-up &amp; sellect ZONE SET. Then I had to sellect SP B----FRONT.

Words can not explain what I heard next. It is a thing of beauty!

 

 

I must go enjoy. I want to thank everyone for all of the advice &amp; knowledge!  

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