Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Ecoute fabuleuse avec ce préampli qui va comme un gant avec le BEL CANTO EVO2 GEN II. Câble de modulation XLR Fadel Art Aerolitz. Dynamique et douceur, timbres d'une grande subtilité. Sonorité indescriptible entre le tube et le transistor! Cet ensemble semble s'adapter à chaque écoute à la source et au système qui lui est branché (enceintes Triangle Elypse modifiées / JM lab Electra 915).
D'occasion il représente un rapport qualité/prix imbattable. Si vous avez l'occasion de l'écouter, vous l'adopterez sans hésitation !

Strengths:
Bien construit. Un produit qui se passe de la mode

Weaknesses:
Rien à dire

Price Paid:  $2500.00 from audiostore

Summary:
I compared Bel Canto pre-amp with Audio Research ls16 and you can't tell the difference between the Audio Research tube pre-amp and this pre-amp, and the sound stage is huge

Strengths:
sound like tube pre-amp sound stage is huge The remote is very heavy and solid metal

Weaknesses:
no

Similar Products Used:
Audio Research ls16

Price Paid:  $1300.00 from audiogon

Summary:
amazing pre-am a very neutral with smooth midrange and sweet high..I compared Bel Canto pre-amp with Audio Research ls16 and you can't tell the difference between the Audio Research tube pre-amp and this pre-amp, and the sound stage is huge.

Strengths:
sound like tube

Weaknesses:
no

Similar Products Used:
Audio Research ls16

Price Paid:  $950.00 from audiogon

Summary:
Words do not describe my affection for this preamp. Until plugging it in, i had yet to hear how musical, detailed, quiet, and enthralling a pre can be, and how it can add these qualties to my system. Replaced the Adcom gfp-750 and Musical Fidelity a3cr pre's without an ounce of indecision. The a/b tests confirmed a lower noise floor, greater body, more realistic soundstaging, better depth, and can clearly shout out its designer's sheer joy for music. this is a passionate pre. i will never replace it.

Strengths:
see above

Weaknesses:
i have found my pre. none.

Similar Products Used:
rotel, adcom, mu-fi, cambridge, sunfire

Price Paid:  $1400.00 from A'gon

Summary:
Couldn't be happier with the purchase of this fantastic preamp. DEAD quiet. Lets my tube monos do their thing without any signature of it's own. Rivals a certain preamp that I thought was one of the best. Won't name names but the comparison needless to say was very surprising, IMHO. Don't take my word for it. Audition the Pre 1 yourself and let your ears decide.

Strengths:
Sound (or lack thereof), ergonomics, remote. True class A performance at a class C price new. Used it's a complete steal!

Weaknesses:
May not have the ultimate in build quality compared to the $10k club but a very minor quibble compared to it's sound quality. Simple elegance vs. "The Crown Jewels".

Similar Products Used:
Krell, Levinson, Audio Research, Pathos