Dave Clark reviews the DAC3 and USB Link 24/96 in Positive Feedback Online: "The DAC3 simply does so much right and at only $2495… it's a no-brainer. Highly recommended and with no reservations."

PFO Reviews the DAC3 and USB Link 24/96
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Another knockout review of the REF500 Monoblocks by Bob Wood at SoundStage. We won't keep you in suspense: "Consider a line between 'analytical' and 'organic'; you can draw another line parallel to it stretching from thought to feeling. The REF500s live on the 'organic', 'feeling' side of this continuum. There was a sense of effortlessness -- no strain or disproportion. ... The REF500 monoblocks delivered on the promise of low noise ... Good detail retrieval and heft amidst notable dynamic drive and power ... A step forward in the march of class-D amplification into the world of organic high-end audio." Guess he liked them!

Bob Woods at SoundStage covers the REF500 monoblocks
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Stereophile's Kalman Rubinson weighs in on the REF1000 MKII monoblocks in the March '09 issue. “The Bel Canto Ref1000 Mk.II can be compared with the cream of the other amps I’ve had in my system: the Classé CA-3200, Mark Levinson No.433, and Ayre Acoustics V-6xe. Each of these distinguishes itself in different ways, and particularly with different speakers. Because of this, I think I must keep the Bel Canto Ref1000 Mk.IIs as a reference amplifier—an easy decision even when based solely on its sound, but also: in my living room, none of the others can be so easily hidden in plain sight.”

Kal Rubinson's Stereophile REF1000MKII Update
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Read Dave Clark's enthusiastic first review of the USB Link 24/96! Mr. Clark swoons! Says Dave: "The Bel Canto Link will clean up the jitter (and all that noise and crap that USB carries from your computer) to a very great degree. The Bel Canto Link is killer ... a must have! ... click and play. And it passes 24/96!"

Positive Feedback Online Review of USB Link 24/96
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Bel Canto's John Stronczer participates in Positive Feedback Online's "Ten Questions about Computer Audio." Everything you wanted to know about jitter but were afraid to ask!

Ten Questions about Computer Audio with John Stronczer of Bel Canto Designs
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Great music, great people, and packed to the rafters! Click below to see photos and read reports by Stereophile, Positive Feedback and Soundstage.

CES 09 Show Report and Equipment Update
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Green by design, Bel Canto is a forward thinking company. We're conscious of our responsibilities and do more with less and care about what we leave behind.

Green By Design
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The USB Link 24/96 is a timely device that converts a computer-derived USB input of up to 24 bits and 96kHz to SPDIF and outputs the signal on a 75 ohm BNC. The USB Link 24/96 includes a Stereovox XV2 BNC/BNC cable with RCA adaptor to feed your audiophile DAC of choice – most likely a Bel Canto DAC3, of course. Significantly improves the sound of your 16-bit 44.1 kHz music files as well!

The must-have digital component for computer-based audio systems.
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Announcing three additions to Bel Canto's line of switching audio power amplifiers, REF1000 MKII, REF500, and S500. Bel Canto music products merge artfully with your lifestyle, your music, and your audiophile passions. They’re compact, sleek and hip enough to flatter any room. Designer John Stronczer uses less power to do more with elegant, efficient designs that merge artfully with your lifestyle, music, and audiophile passions!

Three Fully Updated New Amplifiers
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"The sound was finely detailed and rich with ambience, satisfying even those listeners seated to one side or the other. We especially enjoyed playing our own demo cuts here, comparing and contrasting their sound with this system to the way they sounded with other collections of equipment. Our verdict: This was one of the very best-sounding systems at the RMAF."

System:
TAD Compact Reference
Bel Canto REF500, CD-2, Dac3
Argento Serenity SE wires
Harmonic Resolution SXR/M3

AVTour 2008
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Always happy to be honored by the CEA!

CEA Innovations Award Announcement
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We now offer two new option boards for the base S300i:

1) MM RIAA Phono board. This is a 40dB gain board using precision Linear Tech amplifiers Caddock resistors and polypropylene caps providing stunning sound from its MM input stage. A complete LP-based solution in one box!

2) SPDIF/TOSLINK input 24/96 DAC. A high grade 24/96 DAC alternative to the USB DAC option. Provides even higher performance capability with Cirrus Receiver and DAC.

Each options runs $500 MSRP as an add-on to the base S300i.

Available NOW!

Update News!

Read an thorough examination of the S300iu. A great read in our opinion!

AVRev.com
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Bel Canto e.One REF1000 amplifier wins the first Lunar Eclipse award for an electronics component from 6moons.com.

John Potis
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The CD-1, DAC3, and REF1000 monoblocks debut at HE2006.

"Nothing at the show was more impressive?in almost every positive way I can think of than the Pioneer/Bel Canto system..."

Sonicflare.com
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