Bel Canto Ref 1000 vs. Spectron Musician III Mk 2

What I mean by a weak 500 watts is my Classe CAM 350 amps had a lot better bass and control over the woofers than the Bel Canto amps. Just by hearing them you would think the Classe amps had more power. My wife listened to the Bel Cantos with my speakers and thought they sounded 1 dimension and that was her comment. They just did not match well with my speakers. Of course the Classe amps sounded veiled in the mid range compared to the Bel Cantos.

Coxhaus. I am considering the Spectron monos (bybee, v-cap, etc.) to replace 350's driving Aerial 9s. How do the Classe and Spectron's compare?

Sorry about the hijacking.

I think the Classe CAM 350 amps are showing their age. They are very musical in my opinion but not up to the standards of the new amps. The Spectrons bridged as mono blocks do everything better than the older Classe CAM 350 mono blocks with my speakers.
I just am infatuated with the mid range with class D amps. It seems so real to me over other amps. The low heat output in Texas is also a plus.

The fact is that Spectrons are power cord dependable and if you will going to use, let say Acoustic Zen Absolute than you will have bright sound, Harmonix will give you already reasonable sound toward the best from Elrod. The fact is also that Spectrons and planar speakers are great match ie planars finally can become alive after so many years and so many tries. All planars good and well known features simply explode.

Combination planar speakers / fully upgraded Spectrons (2 or 4 monoblocks) + remote sense speaker cables / Joule Electra pre / Elrod power cords works!

Best regards

Coxhaus, what does 1 dimension sounds like? Do you mean 2 dimensional?

Your Classe is probably higher current so better control of the bass.