From: wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew) Subject: Re: Adcom cheap products? Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Lines: 23 I have an Adcom GFA-555 that I got in 1985. There certainly isn't anything magic about it. The components used are decent, but nothing uncommon with respect to consumer grade components. The GFA-555 is a nice piece of equipment. I'm glad that Adcom had the guts to not over-do the packaging. It irks me when I see audiophile oriented equipment whose case and heat sinks probably cost much more and receive more attention than the electronics they are supposed to serve. I don't see any big deal about the geographic region in which something is assembled. This is especially true for something as low-technology as a GFA-555. I'd hope that a GFA-545 would still work well after several years. Except under conditions of extreme abuse, there isn't much there to go wrong. -- Bill Mayhew NEOUCOM Computer Services Department Rootstown, OH 44272-9995 USA phone: 216-325-2511 wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (140.220.1.1) 146.580: N8WED