""Everything being right with no soul"
Strat,
Are you comparing the various Class D amps apples/apples with the rest of the system all the same?
Which Bel Canto amps specifically did you have and what was rest of the system?
I have ref1000m monoblocks. I find them rock solid performance wise in every regard, which is pretty much what I expect from an amp and works for me. Whether they possess "soul" or not will be largely determined by what they are run with. Source, pre-amp speakers, ICs, all will sound different. They have high damping factor that can sound towards lean side in some setups, but sound dead on in others. I experience this myself running various speakers in various rooms off them concurrently.
Strat,
Are you comparing the various Class D amps apples/apples with the rest of the system all the same?
Which Bel Canto amps specifically did you have and what was rest of the system?
I have ref1000m monoblocks. I find them rock solid performance wise in every regard, which is pretty much what I expect from an amp and works for me. Whether they possess "soul" or not will be largely determined by what they are run with. Source, pre-amp speakers, ICs, all will sound different. They have high damping factor that can sound towards lean side in some setups, but sound dead on in others. I experience this myself running various speakers in various rooms off them concurrently.