HPA4 Review - Herb Reichert, Stereophile
HPA4 - "Satisfied my Engineering Mind and my Audiophile Lust" "Spending a month with the HPA4 forced this old triode-tube lover to first acknowle...
HPA4 - "Satisfied my Engineering Mind and my Audiophile Lust" "Spending a month with the HPA4 forced this old triode-tube lover to first acknowle...
HPA4 - Bench Test As a line preamplifier, the HPA4 performed almost identically to Benchmark's superb-measuring LA4, which Kal Rubinson reviewed ...
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...
HPA4 - "Cleanest, Quietest, Most Neutral, Dynamic and Precise" "Allow me to rave about the HPA4’s built-in headphone amp. Designed using similar t...
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...
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...
HPA4 - "There is No Going Back" After an extensive listening test, mastering engineer Sander van der Heide selected the Benchmark HPA4 as the ma...
AHB2 - "Legendary Performance Award 2020" "My first taste of this remarkable new amplifier came earlier this year in April at Chicago's AXPONA ...
DAC3 HGC - "A+ Recommended Digital Processor" The DAC3 HGC received Stereophile's top "A+" rating. Jim Austin wrote, "The DAC3 was all about depth...
LA4 - "Class A - Recommended Preamplifier" The LA4 received Stereophile's top "Class A" rating in the preamplifier category. "Benchmark's LA4 i...
AHB2 - "A-Rated Power Amplifier" The AHB2 received Stereophile's top "A" rating for power amplifiers. "Much more apparent low-level detail in alr...
LA4 - TAS Golden Ear Award "I am so floored by its performance that a Golden Ear is a forgone conclusion." "The LA4 comes closer to measured an...
HPA4, AHB2 - "No Ifs or Buts" "The benchmark combination offers a full range of equipment that can hardly be topped, leaves nothing to be desired i...
DAC3 B, HPA4, AHB2 - "Benchmark ... the Measure of Excellence!" "There are many things that come into play when putting together a hi-fi system, ...
AHB2 - "I Purchased the Review Sample" "The Benchmark AHB2 is a very fine sounding, easy to live with, zero-maintenance power amplifier that has...
DAC3 B - 10 DACS, 10 Judges, 1 Winner Alpha-Audio.net tested 10 DACs side-by-side. Only one received the "Alpha-Audio Approved" award. That DAC w...
LA4 - "Sonic Integrity" "From top to bottom, the design of the LA4 was meant to do one thing; preserve the sonic integrity of the material that pa...
LA4 - "Put a Big Smile on My Face" "As soon as everything powered up, there was a big smile on my face." "With the LA4 in control of the system, e...