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Benchmark AHB2 Power Amplifier and DAC's
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<blockquote data-quote="Johnnie" data-source="post: 838422" data-attributes="member: 2919"><p><img src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0321/7609/files/SterophileLogo_9a3aa5d8-79c0-4abd-ad5e-a1269b6d5129_large.png?v=1483562783" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0321/7609/files/Sterophile_217_Recommended_components_medium.jpg?v=1507124971" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>"The AHB2 makes use of THX Corporation's Achromatic Audio Amplifier (AAA) technology, in which a low-power feed-forward amplifier drives a low-bias class-AB output section, the latter energized by a system of class-H power-supply rails that deliver power in response to demand?resulting in an extremely efficient amplifier capable of robust power output."</p><p></p><p>"In his listening tests, KR discovered "much more apparent low-level detail in already-familiar recordings"?a characteristic he credited to the Benchmark's evident noiselessness?and a tonal balance that "sounded more 'right' than any of [the other amps on hand].""</p><p></p><p>"In measuring the AHB2 and attempting to confirm its specified very high signal/noise ratio, JA observed nonlinearities in his testing equipment that "haven't affected the measured performance of other amplifiers I've tested, but they were detectable with the AHB2's very low intrinsic distortion and noise." His conclusion: "an extraordinary amplifier.""</p><p></p><p>"KR's last word: "bargain.""</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johnnie, post: 838422, member: 2919"] [IMG]https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0321/7609/files/SterophileLogo_9a3aa5d8-79c0-4abd-ad5e-a1269b6d5129_large.png?v=1483562783[/IMG] [IMG]https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0321/7609/files/Sterophile_217_Recommended_components_medium.jpg?v=1507124971[/IMG] "The AHB2 makes use of THX Corporation's Achromatic Audio Amplifier (AAA) technology, in which a low-power feed-forward amplifier drives a low-bias class-AB output section, the latter energized by a system of class-H power-supply rails that deliver power in response to demand?resulting in an extremely efficient amplifier capable of robust power output." "In his listening tests, KR discovered "much more apparent low-level detail in already-familiar recordings"?a characteristic he credited to the Benchmark's evident noiselessness?and a tonal balance that "sounded more 'right' than any of [the other amps on hand]."" "In measuring the AHB2 and attempting to confirm its specified very high signal/noise ratio, JA observed nonlinearities in his testing equipment that "haven't affected the measured performance of other amplifiers I've tested, but they were detectable with the AHB2's very low intrinsic distortion and noise." His conclusion: "an extraordinary amplifier."" "KR's last word: "bargain."" [/QUOTE]
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