I've had the Bel Canto C5i in my system for a couple of years now. I've been very pleased with it. Very clean sound, but not harsh, and much more powerful sounding than it's 60 watts/ch at 8 ohms would suggest. (It has a very good power supply -- output doubles to 120 w/ch at 4 ohms.)
I've only used the digital and line level inputs so have no comment on the phono, but would suspect that is very good also.
It also only uses 14 watts at idle so I leave it on 24/7.
My prior amp was a Image Audio 65i with KT88 outputs. While I liked that amp a lot, I really haven't missed it since I switched (other than the glow of tubes on a cold winter's night). I bought the C5i as a dealer demo so got it for $1,200 instead of the $2K list.
I've only used the digital and line level inputs so have no comment on the phono, but would suspect that is very good also.
It also only uses 14 watts at idle so I leave it on 24/7.
My prior amp was a Image Audio 65i with KT88 outputs. While I liked that amp a lot, I really haven't missed it since I switched (other than the glow of tubes on a cold winter's night). I bought the C5i as a dealer demo so got it for $1,200 instead of the $2K list.