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Belles Greatest Integrated ever! The Virtuoso
Click on this link and it will take you to the Belles home page with the pic of the Virtuoso.  www.powermodules.com 
Belles Greatest Integrated ever! The Virtuoso
Pure Class A? I doubt it. But it really doesn't matter if its Class A,B,C,D,E,F,G...Why? Once you hear a Belles amp, game over. The sound will seduce you like the Siren's from Greece. I MEAN Really seduce you. I was originally planning to purchase... 
Parasound Halo Integrated Buzz/Hum
I would borrow another amp from a friend or store, plug it in to the same outlet, if theres no buzz or humming coming from your speakers, than its probably a ground defect in the integrated.  
Parasound Halo Integrated Buzz/Hum
It appears 20 years later that Parasound is still having the buzz humming problem with their amps.. Having owned two Parasound amps and three Parasound Preamps since 1992, here is what is more than likely the problem. Noise coming from the transfo... 
Which one is the best INTEGRATED!!
Check out the Belles Virtuoso on their site at www.powermodules.com Very powerful unit putting out over 200 watts per side into 8 ohms.American made to the highest standards. 
Which one is the best INTEGRATED!!
The Belles Virtuoso Integrated. About to be released in March. Cost is at $6500.00. David Belles is a rare genius in high end audio. You will be hard pressed to find any integrated on planet earth at $20K or below that even comes close to Belles. ... 
Opinions on best integrated under 10k?
Go for the about to be released this March, the magnificent Belles Virtuoso Integrated. Puts out just over 200 watts per side and is about the closest you will ever get to the rich midrange tube quality from a solid state device. Unit sells for $ ... 
Belles Greatest Integrated ever! The Virtuoso
facten..I was turned on to Belles four years ago by a local audiophile friend who I've known for twenty years who I met at the Washington Audio society monthly meetings years ago. On several occasions, I had the pleasure of listening to his Belles... 
Belles Greatest Integrated ever! The Virtuoso
The basis of my statement is this. I have been an Audiophile for 40 years and have heard all the brands I have mentioned above and have owned in the past PASS gear. The Belles gear is far better sounding than the other brands I've mentioned and he... 
Belles Greatest Integrated ever! The Virtuoso
I would put Belles engineering genius way above the works of Pass Labs,Accuphase and Boulder. David Belles is not into big profits and has always had the opportunity to move that direction. His deep passion for designing gear for serious music lov... 
Belles Greatest Integrated ever! The Virtuoso
Sure...lol.. 
Belles Greatest Integrated ever! The Virtuoso
For what you get from David Belles, 6K+ is dirt cheap. The very high quality caps, transistors and resistors in his units are typically found in $20K electronics. You will not find these high quality parts in units from Parasound, Hegel or other c... 
Belles Greatest Integrated ever! The Virtuoso
Tone Controls?..Eek!! Tone control's as we are all aware of, are for trimming certain frequency bands to tame bright, shrill or strident sound problems resulting from poorly designed electronics. David Belles components are masterpieces, so refine... 
Cleaning Large Advent speaker grill cloth
Having owned Advent's in the 70's with their off white grills, heres a great way to clean them without removing from the grill frames. The brown color in the grills is more than likely from cigarette smoke. Buy a can of Resolve high traffic carpet... 
Advantages of beryllium?
Paradigm's new Persona line use's Truextent Beryllium mid/bass driver's and tweeter's in the entire line.