Watt Gives?


Why does 75 Belles Watts smoke 250 watts from Anthem, PS Audio and W4S?

Not only do the Belles 75 watts play equally as loud, but it has the best bass texture, grip and slam, openess and top end...

Is this a case of 160hp on a 400lb motorcycle surpassing a 600 horsepower 4500lb in terms of acceleration?

I’d like to go up the ladder but I guess up isn’t always directly related to specs?

Really starting to question analogue / high efficiency, low powered beastly tubes...


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The reason is that new solid state amplifiers are low current devices based on cost cutting when you listen to a good vintage class ab solid state that is 250 watts with a lot of current behind it the 75 tube watts will sound not nearly as dynamic but you need to listen to a solid state amp made before 2000 to get what i am talking about.
Not true at All ,it depends on the designer .I Have Coda  electronics .
they are old school massive power supply , potted transformers much quieter then open ,Coda 3KVA transformer,and over 80k Uf capacitance ,that’s just their mid grade  most amps not even close .
The OP has not listened to the Anthem P2 power amp, let him bring his 75 watt Belles amp over and I will put it into my system and then he can listen to my Anthem P2 amp and we will see which one sounds better at any level, the P2 will play down 1 ohm and even to short without missing a beat.If you are near the Chicago land area b_limo then drop me a line and we will compare.
It sounds like the OP b_limo is getting a little stir crazy, since his posts seem to be bashing one thing after the other.
I have owned a Belles Aria, it is a very well designed amplifier. It does have solid bass, smooth, detailed midrange and good extended top end. 
The amp design is one of Dave Belles's better.  What I believe that you are mistaking for volume is Dynamics,  the 75 watt per channel Aria punches way above its weight and does sound more powerful than most because of how dynamic it is.