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AHB2 Award - SoundStage! Hi-Fi - Recommended Reference Component

SoundStage! Hi-Fi - Recommended Reference Component Badge

Benchmark AHB2 Power Amplifier

AHB2 - "SoundStage! Recommended Reference Component"

"Hans Wetzel is a cautious, subdued reviewer, more likely to understate than to overstate how a product performs. So when he raved about Benchmark Media Systems’ AHB2 amplifier in his June 1 SoundStage! Access review, stating that it “may be hi-fi’s biggest bargain” today, we knew that its performance must be as special as the measured results that accompanied the review, and about which Bascom King said: “I measured less distortion and noise in the AHB2 than in any other of the many power amps I’ve measured over the years.”"

"...the AHB2 is being recognized as a Recommended Reference Component -- it’s an incredibly good amplifier that can take full advantage of the high-resolution music sources that audiophiles have access to today. No wonder Hans raved about it."

- SoundStage! Hi-Fi Editors

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