DAC3 - Award Nominee - Best Digital Audiophile Product of 2024 (Cost No Object)
2024 Nominees Benchmark Media DAC3 B DAC, $1895 Bricasti M3 DAC, $6000 Bricasti M19 CD-SACD Player, $10,000 T+A DAC 200, $7620 Weiss Engineering H...
Reviews
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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 - Absolute Sound 2024 Editors' Choice Award
"The LA4 comes closer to measured and measurable perfection than any audio product in any category Paul Seydor has ever reviewed, owned, or heard. ...
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AHB2 Review - Mike Prager, Future Audiophile
"For years, the audio world acknowledged one main contender (at least at sub-five-figure pricing) for the quietest, cleanest, most neutral power...
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AHB2 Review - Constantine Soo, Dagogo
"The AHB2 bridgeable stereo amplifier ... was the topic of a recent discussion between American electrostatic panel speaker manufacturer Sound Lab’...
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DAC3 Review - Jerry Del Colliano
"Benchmark is a stalwart brand in pro audio, but has carved out a very respectable niche in the audiophile world with their diminutive but powerfu...
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DAC3 & AHB2 - System Review, Trevor Butler, The-Ear.net
"I began with the DAC3 HGC and AHB2 powering the glorious Morel Avyra 633 three-way floorstanders." "This pairing created a full-bodied sound which...
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DAC3 - Stereophile 2024 Recommended Component - Digital Processors
DAC3 - Receives Stereophile's Highest "Class A+" Rating "The DAC3 was all about depths, in several respects...I heard deeper into the music." - J...
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HPA4 - Stereophile 2024 Recommended Component - Headphone Amplifiers
HPA4 - Receives Stereophile's Top Rating for Headphone Amplifiers "The LA4 preamplifier was the widest-bandwidth, widest-dynamic-range, lowest-no...
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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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AHB2 - Stereophile 2024 Recommended Component - Power Amplifiers
AHB2 - Receives Stereophile's Top Rating for Power Amplifiers "An extraordinary amplifier." - John Atkinson "Much more apparent low-level detail ...
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HPA4 Review - Chris, DC Hi-Fi Group
"The Sound of Silence" "Benchmark Audio is an engineering focused company with a deep heritage in the recording studio world." "The HPA4 is a Headp...
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AHB2 - A-Rated Recommended Power Amplifier - Stereophile
AHB2 - Receives Stereophile's Highest "A" Rating for Power Amplifiers "Benchmark's AHB2 makes use of THX Corporation's Achromatic Audio Amplifier...
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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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DAC3 - Class A+ Recommended Processor - Stereophile
DAC3 HGC, DAC3 B - Receive Stereophile's Highest "Class A+" Rating "The DAC3 B is a stripped- down, lower-priced version of the DAC3 HGC, which o...
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HPA4 - Class A Recommended Headphone Amplifier - Stereophile
HPA4 - Receives Stereophile's "Class A" Rating for Headphone Amplifiers "The HPA4 adds a THX888 amplification stage to Benchmark's LA4 line pream...
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DAC3 Review - Michael Zisserson, Future Audiophile
DAC3 HGC - "Does Not Color the Sound of Your Audio" "The DAC3 HGC is a professional audio component used to make, monitor, and engineer the very re...
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Why do you own Benchmark products? - AudioScienceReview.com
Why Did You Buy Benchmark Gear? "I'm asking because clearly Benchmark is a highly regarded company here, and plenty of ASR members own Benchmark a...
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