This "IMHO" comes late but maybe you are still shopping.
Most audiohounds never stop.I have a 555II and,5500.
I've had 3 other 555II's as well.For home theater I would say 5 channel Adcom would be good step up from reciever based HT.
Not as costly as Bryston 5 channel.You can always put the best quality sound up front and mix amps.The Adcoms seem to
engineer good value into thier product line.My opinion is they try to give you 80% performance for half the money.
Good parts,5 year wrrty.In thier newer models the bandwith is nice and wide,upper octaves are the best they've done yet.Bass is good.
The bryston carries the 20year transferrable wrrty,has faster sound,better low end but is about twice the money.
You can find them used with plenty warranty left(I would
recommend nrb or later series)and buying them used you can
in theory close the price gap and still retain a longer warranty period.
The Pass designed Adcoms(I think they are 2 channel only)
are good bargains after lengthy break-ins,but much better suited to audio only,they are biased into class"A" up to ?
watts and generate lots of heat at idle.Most HT setups tend to squeeze everything into stands/cabinets.
Good thing is you could buy a bunch of 555II's cheap,they run cool have fan upgrade ability,and could be sold off easy
with less loss when and "if" you wanted to upgrade.Adcoms
are flexible but running them in mono is best used on sub-
woofer only ,they do not image well as mono pairs.
Good luck.
Most audiohounds never stop.I have a 555II and,5500.
I've had 3 other 555II's as well.For home theater I would say 5 channel Adcom would be good step up from reciever based HT.
Not as costly as Bryston 5 channel.You can always put the best quality sound up front and mix amps.The Adcoms seem to
engineer good value into thier product line.My opinion is they try to give you 80% performance for half the money.
Good parts,5 year wrrty.In thier newer models the bandwith is nice and wide,upper octaves are the best they've done yet.Bass is good.
The bryston carries the 20year transferrable wrrty,has faster sound,better low end but is about twice the money.
You can find them used with plenty warranty left(I would
recommend nrb or later series)and buying them used you can
in theory close the price gap and still retain a longer warranty period.
The Pass designed Adcoms(I think they are 2 channel only)
are good bargains after lengthy break-ins,but much better suited to audio only,they are biased into class"A" up to ?
watts and generate lots of heat at idle.Most HT setups tend to squeeze everything into stands/cabinets.
Good thing is you could buy a bunch of 555II's cheap,they run cool have fan upgrade ability,and could be sold off easy
with less loss when and "if" you wanted to upgrade.Adcoms
are flexible but running them in mono is best used on sub-
woofer only ,they do not image well as mono pairs.
Good luck.