Anyone love/hate ADCOM here?

[frenchmon]

That's a bummer. You might want to consider looking at www.emotiva.com I'm not sure what their processor sells for but they are known for providing decent quality gear for a decent price. Several of the guys here have their power amps and say they are beasts. One guy whose opinion I respect prefers the Emotiva stereo amp to either of his Adcom or Rotel. I hate to give them a sell job without any experience first hand with it but I also hate to see some one done dirty like that too. Emo gives a 30 day trial and it may be a way to get into separates without a 2nd mortgage.

I definitely thought my 5400 had a bass hump but that's why I bought it for use in my 2nd system where I'd be playing mostly Rock & Pop for working out. The hump just gave it a full sound though it wasn't bloated or lacking definition. My 5500 is better balanced but still has a much stronger bottom end than I've ever heard from Rotel. To me Rotel is too laid back but if you don't notice that yourself the sound is pleasant. I think for home theater the more powerful sound of Adcom may be better. As Frenchmon says though, it's all subjective. Sometimes we are willing to overlook some weakness in one area to allow us to enjoy something we prefer in another area.

Perhaps that is why I like the Rotel better. I hardly ever blast loud music anymore and my taste is mostly Jazz and some classical. While I do Run my Rotel with bookshelf speakers (Canton) in two channel I find they have a very good bottom end....but every once in a while I do power on a sub. For what I listen too I don't need a lot of bass. The Adcom is no way a bad amp. I just fid the Rotel more attractive for my needs in two channel. The Adcom is in my hometheater where its doing a wonderful job.

[harley .guy07]

Perhaps that is why I like the Rotel better. I hardly ever blast loud music anymore and my taste is mostly Jazz and some classical. While I do Run my Rotel with bookshelf speakers (Canton) in two channel I find they have a very good bottom end....but every once in a while I do power on a sub. For what I listen too I don't need a lot of bass. The Adcom is no way a bad amp. I just fid the Rotel more attractive for my needs in two channel. The Adcom is in my hometheater where its doing a wonderful job.

Rotel is a very good product and we never had problems with them when I sold them. Most of the time when we auditioned amps we ran bigger floorstanding speakers and the Rotel and Adcom both sounded wonderful doing this duty. And my opinion is just that, a opinion on what I heard when we auditioned these brands. With different setups and speakers the Rotel Amps might edge out in some ways but I think there are too many facters other than the amps themselves that can give one an edge over the other. And since everyones ears are different that is also a consideration when listening to systems. I guess thats one reason there are so many different types of components out there.