• ADC1 USB Award - Stereophile A Rating

    ADC1 USB Award - Stereophile A Rating

    ADC1 USB - Stereophile "A-Rated Recommended Component", 2016 "Housed in the same small case as Benchmark's DACs, the ADC1 is a 24-bit USB A/D con...

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  • DAC2 HGC Award - Stereophile A+ Rating

    DAC2 HGC Award - Stereophile A+ Rating

    DAC2 HGC - Stereophile "A+ Recommended Component", 2016 "Although similar in appearance to previous Benchmark models, with a front-panel volume c...

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    Benchmark at CAF2016 - Art Dudley, Stereophile

    DAC2 and AHB2 - "Open, Colorful, Well-Balanced, and Immediate" "I loved the open, colorful, well-balanced, and immediate sound of this system." ...

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  • The Poor Audiophile - 2015 Amplifier of the Year - Benchmark AHB2

    AHB2 Award - The Poor Audiophile

      AHB2 - "A Bargain for Poor Audiophiles" "... the only amplifier under $3,000* to be given Stereophile Class A status." "In our review of the Be...

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  • AHB2 Review - Kalman Rubinson, Stereophile

    AHB2 Review - Kalman Rubinson, Stereophile

    AHB2 - "A Real Breakthrough in Every Way" "... it was probably the AHB2's low noise level that revealed to me much more apparent low-level detail ...

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    AHB2 Bench Test - John Atkinson, Stereophile

    AHB2 - "An Extraordinary Amplifier ... at the Limits of What is Possible for Me to Reliably Test" "Conventionally, it is assumed that the measur...

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  • Benchmark at RMAF 2014 by Stereophile

    Benchmark at RMAF 2014 by Stereophile

    HRA System - "Beautiful Midrange and Well-Defined Extremes" "The big news in the familiar-looking Benchmark room was ..."     "The AHB2 high-resol...

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  • ADC1 Review - John Atkinson, Stereophile

    ADC1 Review - John Atkinson, Stereophile

    ADC1 - "I highly recommend the ADC1 for transferring your LPs to digital" "Benchmark's versatile and full-featured ADC1 USB both measures superbly...

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    DAC2 HGC Review - Erick Lichte, Stereophile

    DAC2 HGC - "Fantastic Resolution, Even Tonal Balance, Engaging, Up-Front Perspective" "What would normally be merely a pop song's background rhyth...

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  • DAC1 PRE Review - Sam Tellig, Stereophile

    DAC1 PRE Review - Sam Tellig, Stereophile

    DAC1 PRE - "A dramatic improvement in sound" "You could use the DAC1 PRE in your office with your desktop or laptop, for a dramatic improvement in...

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    DAC1 Review - John Atkinson, Stereophile

    DAC1 - "An Essential Companion" "The DAC1 will be an essential companion when I next record on location. I bought the review sample." "Whether co...

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    DAC1 Review - John Marks, Stereophile

    DAC1 - "Genuinely High- End" "At $850, the Benchmark DAC1 is, in my experience, the lowest-priced piece of digital gear that can give sonic perfo...

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