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Tone reviews the Black EX Integrated
“[T]his one’s at the top of our list.”
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Daves Hifi Audio Reviews and the E1X Integrated
“Any true audiophile could live with this thing!”
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6moons.com reviews the e1X DAC
“Really, D/A converters are like mushrooms or rabbits. They proliferate, everywhere. Truly smart ones are few and far between. Bel Canto’s E1X DAC is one of the smart ones.” Srajan Ebaen
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e1X Integrated reviewed by Michael Lavorgna
“[I}f you enjoy spending time with your music as the sole center of attention, the E1X rewards with music’s riches.”
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e1X Integrated wins Super AV Award
e1X Integrated wins 2020 award for Outstanding Overall Performance
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Audio Esoterica reviews e1X
“…make listening to these Bel Canto E1Xes a priority, simply because they work so well and sound so amazing.”
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“Some Kind of Magic”
John Stronczer, the Owner and Chief Engineer of Bel Canto, speaks with AVGuide.ch on how Bel Canto products create “some kind of magic.”
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e1X Integrated in The Absolute Sound
Steven Stone: “It’s a high-performance piece of kit that delivers sonics on a par with a combination of reference components at double the cost.”
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e1X Stereo Amplifier in Stereophile
Tom Gibbs “didn’t expect to be so completely gobsmacked by the level of clarity and musicality…”
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Introducing e1X
The new e1X line incorporates many ground-breaking designs from the Black series.
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ACI 600 on the Cover of Stereophile
Be on the lookout for the new Stereophile featuring the BLACK ACI 600: “One Amp to Rule Over Them.”
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REF600M: The Absolute Sound 2017 Product of the Year
The Absolute Sound names the REF600M as one of its 2017 Products of the Year
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Part-Time Audiophile RMAF 2017 Review
“[T]his was a system of nuanced highs, meaty midrange, and powerful bass, capable of handling wide swings in dynamic range without seeming to ever run out of steam regardless of volume level.”
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Introducing Black EX at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest
We are proud to announce Black EX, consisting of 3 components based on the award winning Black amplification system.
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Stereophile Follow-Up Review on the REF600Ms
Herb Reichert: “The Bel Canto Design REF600M’s strongest trait was its uncanny ability to make simply recorded music sound hauntingly real. With every loudspeaker I tried, the Bel Cantos offered up weight, body, punch, and crystalline detail better than some of the most expensive amplifiers I know.”
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Audio Esoterica Reviews the Black ACI 600
Reviewer Sean Ferris: In short, the Bel Canto ACI 600 is an ‘I can do everything’ masterpiece!
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The Absolute Sound reviews the REF600M
“How good is the REF600M? To my ears it’s good enough to qualify as the best all-around power amplifier I’ve heard to date, regardless of technology or circuit topology.”
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Hi-Fi+ reviews the DAC2.7 and REF600M
[A]fter twenty-fve years of audio excellence [Bel Canto] needs to be on the list of “must audition” companies.
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Sound+Image 2017 Awards: REF600M
The e.One series REF600M wins POWER AMPLIFIER OF THE YEAR AWARD (Under $10,000.00) at the Sound+Image Magazine 2017 Awards
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Press Release: Black Series ACI 600
Bel Canto announces the release of the Black Series ACI 600
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Stereophile: REF600M Review
“Bel Canto Design’s e.One REF600M amplifier packs a huge amount of power into a small package, and offers impressively low levels of distortion and noise.” – John Atkinson
“[The REF600M is] so satisfying that is encouraged, even demanded, listening with complete engagement.” – Kalman Rubinson
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DAC2.7 Reviewed in Australian Hi-Fi
“Bel Canto are all about…solid, no-nonsense electronic and mechanical engineering. It’s superbly engineered, inside and out…”
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Stereophile: Ron Carter and his Bel Canto system
“The Bel Canto is perfect for my needs.” – Ron Carter
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Australian Hi Fi reviews the REF600M
“Enormously powerful, very quiet and with a sound quality so tonally accurate that it’s a constant delight to the ears… an outstandingly good power amplifier.”
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Bel Canto is now on Instagram
You can now follow us on Instagram.
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The Audio Beat: CES 2016 Jimmy Awards
“The Bel Canto Design/Joseph Audio room scores a Jimmy Award for Most Accurate Timbre from Computer Files at the CES.”
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Computer Audiophile CES 2016 Wrap-up
Bel Canto DAC2.7 and REF600Ms: “This system was one of the best I heard at the show.”
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SoundStage! Hi-Fi raves about the REF600M
Roger Kanno writes: “Several Bel Canto Design amplifiers have come through my system over the years, but the e.One REF600M is the best sounding of all, … In fact, it’s one of the best-sounding amps from any company that I’ve had in my system”
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REFStream praised by Audiostream
The REFStream earns a Class A rating from Audiostream.com
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Stereophile Best of 2015 Issue
Thanks to Stereophile for naming Black by Bel Canto as the Amplification Product of the Year 2015!
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Oslo Hifi Center Celebrates 40 Years
Oslo Hifi Center is celebrating their 40th year and we will be there showcasing the Black system as well as the new e.One REF600M monoblock amplifiers! Join us there from October 16th – 18th. More info at http://oslohificenter.no.
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RMAF 2015 Review in Stereophile
Bel Canto teams up with Audiohouse LLC, Cardas Audio, and Joseph Audio at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. Sasha Matson of Stereophile reports.
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California Audio Show 2015
Stereophile reports on Bel Canto Black from CAS6
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e.One C7R featured by Bright Audio
Video presentation by Bright Audio on the C7R
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White Paper for Black by Bel Canto
Now available for download
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Black on the Cover of Stereophile
Michael Fremer of Stereophile: “Black by Bel Canto Design is a breakthrough product and, because of its sound quality , the most intriguing one I’ve reviewed.”
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Press Release: REF600M
Bel Canto announces the new REF600M monoblock amplifier with NCORE® technology. The new design takes e.One power, performance and musicality to greater levels, advancing the recognized high value we build into all our audio components.
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Audiophilia.com
Anthony Kershaw reviews the BLACK system: “Black is a staggeringly well made audio system designed with care and with a serious eye on the digital horizon.”
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hifitest.de
German review of BLACK
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Audiophile Magazine (FR) reviews Black
Joël Chevassus reviews BLACK : “For absolute audio performance achieved, it is already impossible not to give my very highest recommendation to the Bel Canto Black. Whilst winter may be coming, Black rules!”
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Angie’s Audio Corner – What’s New for June 2014
Canada HiFi talks more about Black: “The sound of this system is nothing shy of stellar.”
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Stereophile: Bel Canto Defines the New Black
Jason Victor Serinus of Stereophile reports from CES 2014
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Canada HiFi: Angie’s Audio Corner
“When a music system reproduces audio with such a quiet background and accuracy, the end product is simply music nirvana.”
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Stereophile: Bel Canto Looks Good in Black
John Atkinson’s RMAF 2013 Report: “I was impressed.”
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Computer Audiophile: RMAF 2013 Photo Essay
Chris Connaker uses a Hasselblad 503CW camera to cover RMAF 2013
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TAVES 2013: Best Sound of Show – Digital
Black along with Vienna Acoustics and Transparent are named Best Sound of Show – Digital by Audiophilia.com
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Oslo Hi-Fi Center 2013
Bel Canto President Michael McCormick presents Black at the Oslo Hi-Fi Center show 2013.
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Confessions of a Part-Time Audiophile
Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney checks out Black at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2013
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SoundStage RMAF 2013 Review
Doug Schneider from SoundStage reviews his experience of Black at the 2013 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest.
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Photos from Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2013
Black by Bel Canto makes its US debut and is presented by Chief Designer and CEO John Stronczer
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Wall Street Journal: The New Tech Collectibles
Tom Samiljan and Kevin Sintumuang of the Wall Street Journal include Bel Canto e.One components in their list of desirable tech products that you can pass down to future generations because of their beauty and performance.
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Review Archive: DAC3.5VB MKII
Archived reviews of the DAC3.5VB MKII, predecessor of the DAC3.7
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Review Archive: DAC2.5
Archived reviews of the DAC2.5, predecessor of the DAC2.7
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Review Archive: DAC1.5
Read what reviewers were saying about the DAC1.5, the predecessor of the DAC1.7