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Belles 350A

I just bought a Belles 350A amp. Let me tell all of you, this is one fantastic amp. It is much better than the VTL tubes that it replaced. There is not much written about this amp. I was wondering if any of the audiogoners use this amp ? If so what power cords do you use and has any body had good success with any tweaks ? I put mine on a nice piece of maple and it sounds beautiful.
mikeyaya
mahandave
152 posts
 
This amp is in the same league as BEL, (Brown Electronics Lab) one of the best amps ever. I think it is only because of the cosmetics (which are fine by most standards) and the fact that it is way to cheap that it gets no attention. People want to feel like they just bought the best sounding,most expensive and coolest looking amp in the world -EGO, and this amp cannot deliver that- just some of the best musicality period. It's only flaw is a less three dimentional portrayal only compared to tubes. I also compared it to some vtl's and it plain just killed them in musical enjoyment. Realy no contest.
84audio
175 posts
 
As good as the 350 is, the new 150 Reference is even better if you don't need 250wpc.
jsbail
320 posts
 
I tried a 350A with my Proac 3.8's for a while. Of the amps I've used with these speakers, Classe CA200, Audio Research 100.2, Rouge M150, The Belles was the one I liked the least. It had a very forward presentation in my system.
pmrodier
38 posts
 
Mikeyaya, David Belles will tell you of a simple tweak if your unit is more than a year old....makes a big difference....I have a 150A Reference and it doubles as a stereo or monobloc amp. It will be superior when I mate it with another! Welcome aboard! His 21A preamp, with a few simple tweaks, is also a winner :-)
streetdaddy
349 posts
 
Care to let us in on these "tweaks"?
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