![]() He thought the NAD had a bit less sound stage depth than the Parasound Halo 31 or Mac MC303, but was just as solid handling the spectrum showing ease with complex material. 'The Benchmark AHB2 solid-state stereo power amplifier immediately grabbed the audio world’s attention about 7 years ago when it was introduced. He compared it to several amplifiers, in listening tests, including the Benchmark AHB2. (Yeah, I went a little nutto and have been on a test equipment binge instead of doing the sensible thing and buying a Berkeley Audio Alpha Reference DAC).Ī few INTERESTING quotes from the article- may be more about reviewing the reviewer than the component? On silent display in Benchmark's booth on the convention floor, its compact size and comprehensive features made the amp immediately. I first saw Benchmark's AHB2 stereo power amplifier at the 2013 Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, in New York City. I don't personally know what the NC400/500 OEM is capable of intrinsically, YET, but I probably will soon due to some special projects and my own APx555 sitting in the mancave. Benchmark Media Systems AHB2 power amplifier. Hey, this isn't shabby, and most likely it reflects the choices they made in their front end. By that, I mean about 0.03% distortion at 1W, dropping to an minimum at 20W of about 0.005. It's not as good as I hoped or expected, in that the noise floor and hence the distortion floor are higher than some other Hypex based designs. ![]() If you're interested in the distortion specs, go grab a copy, or wait until they post it online or when I get my own measurements done. Ok, don't get too excited, this is just a warm up post hope to post my own measurements and more feedback in a week or two- but I was spurred to bring this up because of the NAD M22 review out in my shiny new March issue of Stereophile. ![]()
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