AXPONA 2011 Coverage

April 18, 2011

The Belles, EuroLab and Legacy Room

I had not heard of EuroLab turntables before the show. Apparently the designer will make them with your choice of plinth. The Premier version shown uses slate which is the designer’s favorite material The table is suspended on a 3″ slab of blue stone which in turn rests on four Ginko balls. Since each turntable is custom made, prices vary.

Although the sign on the door said Induction Dynamics, those look like Legacy Focus SE loudspeakers ($8750) to me.

This was the first time I had seen the Belles components in silver and they are a huge jump in appearance over the black ones. They sounded good too. Top to bottom are the Belles LA-01 preamplifier and its power supply ($6750), the Belles Soloist 1 integrated amplifier ($3795) and the older Belles 350A power amplifier ($5495).