Any love for the Belles Aria or other recent Belles amplifier?


I recently heard a Belles 150a Hotrod with Triangle Zerius speakers and a transformer volume control.  The sound is one of the most compelling pairings I have heard.  I am considering purchasing a used 350a or a new Aria or 150a ref. v2.

Has anyone spent time with one, two or all three of these amplifiers?  I'd like to spend as little as possible but still have an outstanding match with the easy-to-drive Zerius.  I like the idea of an integrated if it sounds as good as the bigger amps just with less output power.

Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
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I have Belles Soloist 1 and think it's awesome. Use with Salk SongTowers. The Belles dealer on this forum wrote a bunch about the Aria line a few weeks ago 
There's an interesting piece on the Belles website about the advantages of an integrated 
Anyone else heard the Soloist 1 and Aria ? I'm a happy Soloist owner, but if the much cheaper Aria is that much better...
since this thread first appeared I have acquired an Aria Integrated, and based on mine a friend purchased a pair of Aria mono blocks to power much more expensive speakers, and the Arias are simply outstanding...

very curious about Belles Dual Mono Signature Integrated vs Belles Aria mono block amps and Aria preamp - similar price I believe...I had the original Aria Integrated and friend has the mono blocks, both are awesome...