I have a V2 and noted which may be giving away my weirdness. It seems like it has taken me about 850 hours for it to bloom into its own. For me that has been about a year and half. It made big changes at about the 300 hour mark but didn't really sound exceptionally beautiful until about the 850 hr mark. I know when people have them for sale on the 'Gon a lot of them didn't have them that long and they still thought of it as a great sounding amp.
Belles reference 150A Vs Belles Reference 150A V2
Has anyone compared the Belles Reference 150A against the newer Belles Reference 150a Version 2. The orignail 150A Reference has a 1000VA transformer and the newer V2 has a 650VA. The Bass should has some effect of the smaller transformer? I own a Hotrod 150a and wanted to upgrade to a used amp for 1,400.00 I own the Belles 21A with the Aurua cap upgrade already. I love the belles Hotrod sound but want to have more resolution.