"A USB-Enables High-End Starter Kit" is how Chris Martens of AVguide.com/Playback titles his review of the S300iUSB. " BOTTOM LINE: Bel Canto’s S300iUSB is, first and foremost, an excellent and affordable integrated amplifier that can stand tall in comparison to just about anything I’ve heard in its price class, offering—in equal measures—both sonic refinement and serious muscle (meaning it can drive the overwhelming majority of speakers one might wish to use). The Bel Canto’s built-in USB DAC is very good (though perhaps not as good as its terrific amplifier section in an absolute sense). But the point is that the USB DAC gives the S300iUSB an extra dimension, making it a very serious yet also plug-n-play front end for use with computer or server-based audio systems."

Chris Martens Find the Heart of the S300iUSB Integrated Amp/DAC at AVguide.com
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"The Bel Canto's sound is almost impossible to describe, because it doesn't really have one: what I got every time with every new CD or record was a profound musical event in my room without any interference whatsoever from the amplifier."

Paul Burgess, Tone NZ
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I have a confession to make: I've done you, our faithful readers, a bit of a disservice. You see, I really should have come right out with a review that gave the Bel Canto eVo2i Gen II a big thumbs-up long ago. But I held back, trying to find something about this integrated amplifier I disliked. After all, the last thing anyone needs is yet another rave review of a component that has garnered nothing but near-universal praise since its introduction.

Eujin Hong, Stereotimes
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