|   Which amp Adcom GFA-7500 or Anthem MCA-5? | Mike
Mar 1, 2001 9:03 AM | | Which is the better amp? |
| re: Which amp Adcom GFA-7500 or Anthem MCA-5? | Roy
Mar 5, 2001 5:46 PM | | I am very familier with both amps. They both do a very good
job in thier price range. However, if you have fairly tough
speakers to drive I would definitaly go with the Adcom!!
It can handle most any reasonable load and keep your speakers
in control upclose to its full rated output. The Anthem will
just simply loose control when pushed into
tough speaker loads and high volume. Don't be fooled by thier
ad comparing to B&K and Adcom. Anthem isn't measuring wattage
the same as the others. I even like the Adcom better then the
B&K or Parasound 5 channel but you didn't ask about those.
The Adcom uses Mosfet outputs, very musical, runs a little
warm though. That's not a problem with it though. Hope this
helps a little |
| re: Which amp Adcom GFA-7500 or Anthem MCA-5? | agro1
Mar 6, 2001 10:18 AM | | I must strongly diagree - I have run both the GFA-7500 and the MCA-5 in side by side comparisons driving a pair of Paradigm Studio 100's. The GFA could not even come close to the power, control and headroom of the Anthem. The GFA did sound good but did not have the power when pushed. Studio 100's will dip into the 4ohm range when pushed and the Adcom could not drive them at all, period. The Anthem on the other hand never skipped a beat, plenty of power and control, and I like it loud, very loud. In my opinion, and I believe other's will agree, Adcom's are nothing more than good marketing, build quality and performance are terrible... |
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