John Siau at CAF 2025 - Seminars and Interview - SECRETS of Home Theater and HiFi
"One does not often run into John Siau from Benchmark Media Systems at an audio show, and here at CapFest, John was conducting a couple of seminars...
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LA4 - Stereophile 2025 Recommended Component - Preamplifiers
LA4 - Receives Stereophile's Top Rating for Preamplifiers "Benchmark's LA4 is the widest-bandwidth, widest-dynamic-range, lowest-noise, lowest-di...
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Benchmark Room at CAF 2025, Carlo Lo Raso, SECRETS of Home Theater and High Fidelity
Benchmark LA4 and two AHB2 Power Amplifiers "This is almost the exact combination of electronics that I used when I reviewed the Krypton3X myself....
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Benchmark System Review - Ricky Dasler, Living Sound, New Zealand
"With over 40 years as an audiophile and more than half those years as a hi-fi retailer, I feel I’ve finally put together a stereo that ticks all m...
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DAC3 Review - Alan Sircom, hi-fi+
"A Damn Good, No-Frills Digital Converter" "Benchmark Media Systems’ no-nonsense approach to all things audio is rare today." "Uniformly Good" "Th...
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LA4 Review - Mike Prager, FutureAudiophile.com
"Benchmark Media Systems made its reputation in both pro audio and audiophile circles by designing gear with extraordinarily low noise and distor...
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LA4 - Stereophile 2024 Recommended Component - Preamplifiers
LA4 - Receives Stereophile's Top Rating for Preamplifiers "Benchmark's LA4 is the widest-bandwidth, widest-dynamic-range, lowest-noise, lowest-di...
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LA4 - Class A Recommended Preamplifier - Stereophile
LA4 - Receives Stereophile's Highest "Class A" Rating for Preamplifiers "Benchmark's usual approach to design is to out-spec the competition, and...
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Benchmark System Review (Video) - New Record Day
DAC2, HPA4, AHB2 - "The Benchmark Hi-Fi Stack ..." "Find a Better Hi-Fi Stack! Double-Dog-Dare you!" - Ron, NewRecordDay.com
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HPA4 and LA4 Review - Ruud Jonker, FWD Magazine
HPA4, LA4 - "Pro Audio Products in the Home" HPA4 vs. LA4 "The HPA4 and LA4 are preamplifiers and largely identical. The HPA4 also has a built-in h...
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LA4 Review - The Audio Beatnik
LA4 - "Joining My Stable of Reference Components" "Before I dig into the sound of the LA4 it is important to know that it employs a wide bandwidt...
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LA4 - Editors' Choice Award 2022 - The Absolute Sound
LA4 - "Best Volume Control" "By far, without question this is the best volume control I have ever encountered." "I must single out for special me...
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LA4 - Class A Recommended Preamplifier - Stereophile 2021
LA4 - "Class A Recommended Preamplifier" "Class A" is the highest level awarded in the "Two Channel Preamplifier" category. "Like other Benchmark...
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DAC3, HPA4, AHB2 System Review - Home Theater and High Fidelity
DAC3 B, HPA4, AHB2 - "Purchased Them for My Reference System - Nuff Said!" "The Benchmark 'stack' ... saw use with a wide variety of loudspeakers ...
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LA4 Award - 2020 Product of the Year - The Absolute Sound
LA4 - Absolute Sound Product of the Year "Suffice it to say that, as with every Benchmark product I’ve used or reviewed, everything works smoothl...
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LA4 and AHB2 Award - HiVi Grand Prize 2020
DAC3, LA4, AHB2 - "Matched My Idea of Reference Sound" "Benchmark is an audio brand that started in Texas in 1983. The company then moved to th...
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DAC3 and LA4 Review - Paul Seydor, The Absolute Sound
DAC3 B - "Neutral and Transparent" "In the areas of tonal neutrality and transparency, the B sounds like every other Benchmark I’ve heard, which i...
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HPA4 Review - Sander van der Heide, Mastering Engineer
HPA4 - "There is No Going Back" After an extensive listening test, mastering engineer Sander van der Heide selected the Benchmark HPA4 as the ma...
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