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AHB2 - Power Amplifier
The AHB2 sets the benchmark for the lowest noise and lowest distortion in a power amplifier ... at any price.
Backed by top industry awards, rave reviews, and proven bulletproof reliability.
Its unique patented feed-forward design delivers uncompromising performance. It effortlessly drives demanding speaker loads while keeping distortion and noise below the threshold of hearing.
LA4 - Preamplifier
Widely recognized with top industry awards, the reference-grade LA4 preamplifier defines state-of-the-art performance.
The fully-balanced high-precision relay-controlled attenuator and gain stage deliver the lowest noise and THD at any price point.
Discover the transparency, speed, and accuracy of the LA4.
HPA4 - Headphone Amplifier
The HPA4 adds the THX-888 headphone amplifier to the LA4 preamplifer.
With patented THX-AAA feed-forward topology, the Benchmark-exclusive THX-888 marks the pinnacle of the THX headphone amplifier family.
This award-winning design packs power, speed, and control into a package that includes a fully-independent preamplifier output.
DAC3 - D/A Converter
With a wide analog bandwidth, a high-headroom DSP, and a linear-phase low-pass filter, the DAC3 delivers a true reconstruction of the original analog waveform.
When necessary, studios can pass music through cascaded Benchmark A/D and D/A converters without altering the analog waveshape. There are very few converters that can make this claim.
Benchmark converters have a long history in top-tier studios and in high-end Hi-Fi systems. In both categories, they win top awards, year after year.
Cables - "Performance and Durability"
Benchmark Studio&Stage™ professional audio cables deliver the performance required for studio applications, with the durability to withstand live stage applications.
Hi-Fi users will enjoy top performance without paying for dubious pseudo-scientific claims. No snake oil!
Studio&Stage™ cables are handmade in the USA using the finest wire and connectors available.
Our optical cables are assembled in Canada using low-loss fiber cable and durable metal ends.
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