Based on my past experience with various Adcom products and having repaired a few, the 535 and 5802 are the only amps worth buying and that is only if you can get a good deal on them. The 535 is basically too small for most "good sounding" low efficiency / low impedance loudspeakers but may work fine with higher efficiency speakers, smaller rooms or systems that do not require great amounts of dynamic range / sustained spl levels. The 5802 is still in production, so the cost will be relatively high on the unsed market. Most of the others are nothing special and not really well suited for full range reproduction. Some of their bigger amps will provide "muscle" in terms of high level bass output, but even that is not well controlled.
As far as Adcom customer service / technical support goes should you ever have problems with one of their products, they are good to work with and quite reasonable in terms of their charges for out of warranty repairs or parts. In this respect, they are much better than many of the "high end" companies and could teach more than a few of them a lesson or two. Sean
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As far as Adcom customer service / technical support goes should you ever have problems with one of their products, they are good to work with and quite reasonable in terms of their charges for out of warranty repairs or parts. In this respect, they are much better than many of the "high end" companies and could teach more than a few of them a lesson or two. Sean
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