01-07-08: SuttsIs your transport also fully balanced?
I guess I better chime back in here on the balanced thing. The preamp is definitely a true balanced design, as is the dac.
If the Belles 150A Reference monoblocks were thin and edgy in my system, then I would not own them. Also, be aware the 350A and 350A Reference are different amps. It's not clear to me which version John heard, but in any case it was apparently auditioned in the single ended stereo configuration, and not in the monoblock configuration running balanced. It makes a difference, but perhaps not in the overall tonality given the associated gear with which it was paired.
BTW, are you aware the 150A Reference in monoblock configuration is rated at 500wpc into 8 ohms and 1000wpc into 4 ohms? Plenty of juice to blow up your Coincidents.
:)