Originally Posted by
hjames
Interesting - apparently there are multiple versions of the GFA-555 floating around ... the original, and the GFA-555 MkII.
I see the for sale ads are in conflict tho, with verbiage like
"GFA-555 - the original 200w/ch design, not the cheap assembly line versions of the MkII made later lah de dah ..."
and
"GFA-555 MkII - the same conservatively rated 200w/ch power of the early model, redesigned with significantly reduced distortion blah blah woof woof..."
The Stereophile review says the later one has more fins and a fan that only runs when temps exceed thresholds ... it never mentioned early design or anything about a mass produced later design ... so the sellers comments could be so much foul vapours ...