Does anyone know the detailed specs of the new Belles Virtuoso?


I’m wondering about the new Belles virtuoso. Haven’t seen much info on it except it has 200 watts per channel into 8 ohms. Anyone have experience with it? Are you able to connect a turntable to it? What's the huge difference between the virtuoso and the signature?

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Specs.. contact manufacturer.. takes 30 seconds to find contact info.  Maybe someone here has heard it in a system.

Difference between the signature, dual mono, and virtuoso don’t seem to exist in any internet discussion that I’ve seen other than power output. Is that about it? I can appreciate what emil wrote about the virtuoso. But, is almost double the cost of the signature worth the investment? And why, where are the differences?

I would contact John Rutan at Audio Connection in NJ.

I bought my Aria Sig from him. Great guy to deal with.

I emailed David Belles awhile back to get some information and this is what he sent:

The Virtuoso does not have a phono stage in it.

It is completely dual mono at 200 wpc 8 ohms and 350 wpc into 4 ohms.

It has voltage gain of 21 or 26.44 dB 

Input impedance of 100,000 ohms.

Ii s 18" wide X 5.75" high X 13" deep and weighs 51 pounds

Listened to the 3 main Belles integrateds at John R shop in NJ in 11-2021. I was very impressed by all 3 amps (pre dual Mono intro) but felt the Signature was the sweet spot in terms of performance vs cost. ALL sounded great playing thru a pair of Vandersteen Treos. I walked out wanting to get the Sig and the Treos after being sold on the basic Aria. Stock market declines have put me in limbo for now but I would get ANY of those Belles amps to replace both my McIntosh MC250 and my Marantz PM8006. I have listened to a number of amps over the last few years and the Belles just grabbed me. ...power, clarity, neutral but with a tubish, analog midrange. Talk to John R.