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Wes Phillips Reviews Perpetual Tech P3A

Very positive review by Wes of P3A with Monolithic Sound
power supply. Sounds like he likes it better than Bel Canto
DAC1, which he just reviewed very positively recently. Did not use with P1A digital engine, which was not operating correctly? Said he will give future review of P1A/P3A/Monolithic full system. The P3A/Monolithic combo very reasonable $1050 retail, any comments from members......to read review go to www.onhifi.com go to hot product section.
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megasam OP
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Frank Alles just did review of compltete P1A/P3A/Monolithic set-up at www.stereotimes.com 1/16/01 and came to the same conclusion as Wes Phillips.
sol322
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Sam:
Good memory!! I'm still planning to go to upsampling but will wait a little for trying to get more info vs the Link Nelson update vs BelCanto...It's interesting to note the low preference that Sphile has given to Bel Canto compared to MSB and Perpetual.... in spite of having got an innovation award from Stereo Times (not sure if it was Times) My amp is AB mosfet and my preamp is solid state too, so based on your input I might have a winner with BC
What do you think?
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Sol, the reviewer from Stereophile had a Cary tube system,
so I am not surprised he liked the MSB full nelson, which has a leaner sound. If you go to Perpetual site they sell the P3A DAC direct with the Monolithic P3 power supply, with full return trail peroid, 30 days? Also if you buy direct from Bel Canto they have full return trail peroid,
but not as long. BTW I have not personally tried the Perpetual P3A unit, if you can afford it you will not be dissapointed with the newest BC Dac 1.
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