What's The Word On The Street? Bel Canto Ref 1000


Anybody got the poop on the new digital amps by Bel Canto? I heard a rumor that they're just overpriced, barely modified Ice amps that you can buy for thousands less. That seems weird to me as I've always felt Bel Canto to be trustworthy, innovative, and service oriented.
tbadder
Tbadder, what company are you referring to about ICEpower monoblocks bring priced at $888/unit? As fatcrider mentions, the Bel Canto M300 is $1200, which is right in line with other amps I've seen that use that same ICEpower unit (300watts into 4ohms...eg. Nuforce Reference 9's). The Ref1000 uses a higher wattage ICEPower unit and is priced in line with that.

(note: I'm a Bel Canto dealer)
Btw - Bel Canto just lowered its prices. Ref1000 is now $1995/unit. M300 is $995/unit.