DAC3 & AHB2 in 5.1 Surround - Kalman Rubinson, Sterophile
"In my September 2018 column, I wrote of my discovery of miniDSP's U-DIO8, which converts multichannel data fed to its USB port to eight S/PDIF or...
"In my September 2018 column, I wrote of my discovery of miniDSP's U-DIO8, which converts multichannel data fed to its USB port to eight S/PDIF or...
LA4 - "Best of RMAF 2018" "RMAF 2018 was really good, with significant numbers of attendees, and more new-product introductions than I remembered ...
DAC3 and AHB2 - System Review DAC3 - "Better than 21-Bit Performance" "John Atkinson's measurements corroborated Benchmark's claim that the DAC3 i...
AHB2 - "Class A Recommended Component" - 2018 - Power Amps 'Class A' is Stereophile's highest classification for recommended components. Very few...
AHB2 - "Ideally Suited for Hard-to-Drive Speakers" The Benchmark Media AHB2 showed the highest level of audio performance in all metrics. Despite ...
AHB2 - "Tightness, Accuracy and Punch" "The most identifiable positive trait (there are many) of the AHB2, and that is low end control. Tightness,...
HPA4 - "The Best Sounding Line Amp I've Yet Heard" "The Benchmark HPA4 is the best sounding line amplifier I've yet heard." "It's innovative appro...
DAC3, AHB2, ESL 11A - "A Well-Curated Sound System" "That’s what Benchmark Media had put together in Chicago for AXPONA this year in room 670 at t...
"Aurum Cantus’s new V80F loudspeaker is a 3-Way floor standing speaker using the award winning Aurum Cantus wide-band aluminum ribbon tweeter tech...
"Dana Cables, Benchmark, and Aurum Cantus joined forces at AXPONA 2018 to deliver a memorable sound." AHB2 (Mono Mode) - Driving Cantus v80F Tower...
DAC3 DX and AHB2 - "Shine Brightest When Used Together" "In this age of ultra-refinement in the production and playback of music, Benchmark Med...
AHB2 - "Best Stereo Amplifier of 2017" "Masterfully detailed and transparent with spot-on tonality and some serious punch." "The AHB2, which is ...
DAC3, AHB2, ESL 11A - "Something a Little Different, and Highly Enchanting" "The folks from Benchmark and Martin-Logan teamed up to do something j...
DAC3 DX - "The DAC3 Hits the Mark" "If we had to categorize the sound of the DAC3 using three words, those words would be precision, precision and...
AHB2 - Stereophile Class-A Recommended Component "The AHB2 makes use of THX Corporation's Achromatic Audio Amplifier (AAA) technology, in which a...
AHB2 - "It's phenomenal! Gobs of power, detail, finesse and control." "Benchmark has been around for a long time. In fact, they are one of the ear...
AHB2 - "A Technologically Advanced and Remarkable Amplifier" "It improved my listening pleasure for a song that I have probably heard 500 times." ...
AHB2 - "Stereophile Amplification Component of the Year" - 2016 Finalist The AHB2 was one of only 11 finalists in Stereophile's "Amplification Com...