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‘Over the next few weeks we will have the entire range in stock, and our pricing will be on par with US prices plus freight and GST, making the products very affordable,’ said Steve Lees, of Wicked Digital, ‘and you are a Premium Member of our web site, you will have the benefit of even better prices.’
US-based manufacturer Bel Canto Design has for many years been renowned for its high-end audio products, but over the past few years has carved an enviable reputation with its superb range of Class-D amplifiers, with the REF1000 MkII in particular gaining the plaudits of many well known high-end audio reviewers in the United States. All Bel Canto’s newest series of products offer the tradition of sound and build quality for which Bel Canto have become famous, but now also introduce new 'green' credentials, not just because of the manufacturing procedures now in place at Bel Canto’s factory, but also because the high efficiency of the amplifiers, thanks to the use of e.One analog switching circuitry, means very little of the energy used to drive your loudspeakers is wasted in heat.
The REF1000 MkII features new custom input stages that have high common mode rejection and wide dynamic range. ‘The new input stages on the MkII improved the drive to the amplifier, resulting in lower noise and distortion and wider dynamic range in real-world operation,’ Lees told Australian Hi-Fi Magazine, ‘so the input section is utterly transparent, enhancing the performance of the core amplifier.’
The new input stages use the latest advanced amplifiers and passive components including: Caddock resistors, solid electrolytic ultra-low ESR decoupling capacitors and low-noise regulated power supplies. The power supply of the REF1000 MkII (as well as that of the REF500) has also been upgraded with custom power supply rectification and substantially increased energy storage. Bel Canto claims these improvements result in lower noise, reduced sensitivity to 240V power line effects and better perceived power delivery and dynamics.
All Bel Canto e.One amplifiers are gain matched for easy mixing in system building, particularly with multi-channel and vertical bi-amplification applications.
For further information, please contact Wicked Digital
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Bel Canto Designs uses e.One analogue switching for improved efficiency.
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