The Belles Research I amplifier and preamplifer were my first pieces of high end amplification. I purchased them in 1983, to go with a Rega Planar II, Lustre tonearm and R100 MM cartridge.
At the time I purchased a pair of Pyramid Met 7 speakers, manufactured by Dick Sequerra.
By 1986 I replaced the Met 7's with a pair of 15 ohm Rogers LS 3/5A's.
I lived happily with this system for another 6 years before selling the Belles gear and purchasing some Naim Audio equipment.
The Belles I was 100 watts per channel. It retailed for somewhere around $800 in '83. I also purchased its companion preamp which sold for about $500 and change.
It was a good sounding setup - much better than the Kenwood KA 8100 integrated I had been using at the time.
And the amp in particular was very well constructed and a nice simple design.
I found the dual volume controls on the preamplifier redundant, however, when making recordings they were useful.
At the time I purchased a pair of Pyramid Met 7 speakers, manufactured by Dick Sequerra.
By 1986 I replaced the Met 7's with a pair of 15 ohm Rogers LS 3/5A's.
I lived happily with this system for another 6 years before selling the Belles gear and purchasing some Naim Audio equipment.
The Belles I was 100 watts per channel. It retailed for somewhere around $800 in '83. I also purchased its companion preamp which sold for about $500 and change.
It was a good sounding setup - much better than the Kenwood KA 8100 integrated I had been using at the time.
And the amp in particular was very well constructed and a nice simple design.
I found the dual volume controls on the preamplifier redundant, however, when making recordings they were useful.