Adcom GCD-750 Thrift Score

[Mc_Man]

Picked this beauty up at a thrift today for $50. Very solid machine with excellent build quality. Going to give the DAC a try with my MS300 music server and see how it goes. Looks like this one might be a keeper

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[Urizen]

That was Adcom's TOTL player when it was introduced.

Nice grab!

[Elroy]

UN-FRIGGIN BELIEVABLE!! Whay can't I ever find scores like that? SUPER congratulations to you my friend! That is a VERY nice CD player for sure. It was designed as a sibling to the famous GFP-750 preamp which set the audiophile community on its head because of its outstanding price to performance ratio.

[MoreBeer]

Exactly where are these "thrifts"? In New Jersey we only have places that charge and charge and charge. There isn't a good deal anywhere here? Even flea market vendors are aware of valuations and looking to rip people off.

[Elroy]

I guess you just have to keep visiting these places on a weekly basis until one day there is a score sitting on the shelf! It's just SO rare to find a truly audiophile piece like that Adcom GCD-750 in a thrift store.

[Mc_Man]

Until recently a find like this would be few and far between around here. But I have seen some nice stuff around lately at the pawn shops and thrifts.

[Tedrick]

Awesome deal you got there . Do let us know how it sounds once you've had a chance to give a good listen.

[EPI-Center]

I average about 20-40 visits of nothingness or junk between "scores" typically

[Mc_Man]

Well I got it hooked up last night, took a while because I am running out of rack space. I got to listen for maybe 30 minutes and I am impressed so far. I have never owned a standalone DAC and have been looking for something to use with my McIntosh MS300 server. This piece seems to fit the bill nicely. I will give it some serious listening to this evening and will report back.

[rroobbcc]

Great find! Only flaw in my opinion is that it doesn't have a digital output (and some may complain about how difficult it is to read the display at some angles). HDCDs sound particularly good on the GCD-750 IMO. Enjoy!

[Mc_Man]

Yeah the display is bad, only readable close up and straight on. Not that big of a concern though. From the data I have gathered on-line, Adcom used this display because it was the "lowest noise" display they could find at the time.

[cooljjay]

Nice, theres an adcom amp sitting at a thrift store near me, well its sitting in a tent out side for the past year. I wanted to hear what it sounded like but the lady said she has to research it before she can sell it, last time I was in there she said she was going to have her husband test it out...last I heard she said they were going for 300-500, Its one of those sells that will never happen. I like the style of your also, just wish i was into cds