From: Michael_LaBella@vos.stratus.com
Subject: Re: Adcom cheap products?
Organization: Stratus Computer, Marlboro Ma.
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>Off-shore assembly is one reason that Adcom is able to make products 
>that perform as well as those from people like Audio Research and Van 
>Alstine (and better than Hafler and Forte'), but at a much lower cost. 

How do you spell "tuna helper" ? 

I gather by off-shore assembly you mean that adcoms are built by 
blue-fin tuna's who are into that squid-fi sound?  (I agree on that one). 
My Adcom 555 preamp did sound better after installing the famous  
"running the chips class "A" resistor mod", and replacing the metal 
bottom cover with plexiglass,, too bad the factory could not make em sound 
better,, but better sound, unfortunately, does not appear to be a priority 
with Adcom, else the mods would neither have been necessary, nor would they 
have improved what was already touted as superlative state-o-d-art le'sound. 
I really want to hear from all those people out there who have traded up  
from an sp9II (even an sp3a!) to a GFP-555/etc., or maybe from those that 
have dumped their forte' amps for a GFA-555/etc....