Belles Research Corporation? ?

HI, yes DAVE BELLES now goes by POWER MODULES.I had a belles 400 power amp.was a killer amp,retail was $1800 in 1989.he is still getting rave reviews.checkout www.soundstage.com for reviews.I have spoke to DAVE a few times and is always a pleasure to talk to.he is down to earth and will not rush you off the phone.RICH

Belles Research was the first, then OCM (Magnum Research I think) and now Power Modules. A friend has my old preamp from the original Belles and it still works great. All of his incarnations have good build quality and solid engineering. I had the 150A Power Modules amp for about a year and it was a nice unit. Did you listen to the amp? Bet it sounds pretty good.

The Belles I would be 1980's. Previous post are generally accurate. Also was a matching Belles I preamp superceded by the XLM. Came in silver or black. Amps had either rack-width panel with rocker switch or narrow panel with toggle switch. I have one of each and they are still fine amps. :)

Perhaps I should have offered specy stuff - 80W into 8 ohms, 160W into 4 ohms - a great current provider. P.S. Dave is a nice guy. :)

Thanks for the information. The amp is the model with rack handles and the rocker switch. It is well built and heavy. It's pretty dusty and needs a good cleaning. I sent an e-mail to their info account to see if any type of documentation was available, but it looks like most of my questions have already been answered. Thanks again for helping solve this little mystery.