Bel Canto eOne amps - Is this the future?


This is a relatively new amp series by Bel Canto. Any comments about this ICE technology? Are we done with the large power supplies and heavy back breaking amps?
larrytwo
And for comparison go to www.hypex.nl.

As the saying goes "There is more than one way to skin a cat" (IMHO all of them good).
Elberoth2, I repeat, the B&O 500A module is not a complete amp. It will make
no sound if you plug it in. You can stick one of those digital power supplies
on it, and it will sound much the same as the ASP stand alone amps. The nice
thing about the 500A is it allows a talented engineer, like Henry Ho, the
freedom to change the house sound of a B&O module as desired.

What makes you think you can characterize Henry's amps with authority?
Have you dissected one? Your "facts" are wrong. For instance,
Henry doesn't use a rectifying bridge. He uses a much better, and more
expensive solution.

I have heard four iterations of 500A amps. Each one sounds distinctly
different than the others. The same cannot be said of ASP amps. Henry's
signature monos are a slam dunk best in my system.

Sajran, in his review compares my amps with one of the many ASP amps in a
pretty box, like the Evo-e. The H2O is just more refined, and so is a real
contender against any solid state or tube amp.

If you noticed, Bel Canto followed Jeff Rowland's example and built their first
ICE amps with a digital power supply, why? Profit, that's why. They know they
can get a darn good sound out of packaging B&O's creation. Likewise, they
know, if they use Henry's 500A amps as a model to work from, their amp
prices will end up out of reach for 90% of audiophiles.

Henry's amps are no similar to Bel Canto amps than Boulder is to B&K. They
are related only in type of amp. Henry's amps are so good, they compete
with the best. Owners of major audiophile brand tube amps and solid states
have replaced them with the H2O, amps such as, Boulder, Rogue, VTL,
Quicksilver, DNA, Manley, Edge, Conrad Premier, etc.

Elberoth2, I repeat, the B&O 500A module is not a complete amp. It will make
no sound if you plug it in.

You are obviously wrong. The 500A module is 100% plug & play. The only thing you need to run it ia a power supply. It is all written in B&O specs in a link I gave you.

My questin still stands though - does H2O modifies in any way the 500A modules they are getting from B&O ?