The AHB2 only has balanced inputs however, it being a fully balanced design. This is an indication of its studio inclinations in one respect, but also a reflection of the fact that Benchmark makes a monitor (the SMS1) with matching inputs and a bi-amp or bi-wire option when using them. But Benchmark must be encouraged by the success of the even more compact DAC1 and 2, and perhaps it sees the end of the era of room-filling electronics more clearly than most.Īs ever with Benchmark, it seems size does not limit feature count not only does the AHB2 have conventional four-way binding posts, but there’s a pair of Neutrik’s Speakon connectors as well. This challenges the usual assumption that size equals power quite seriously and this must make marketing a bit of a challenge in some regions. The AHB2 is less than half the size of most power amps you can tell by the back panel if you look at the relative size of the speaker outputs just how small. You get some indication of this technological back-story when unboxing this power amplifier, but what hits you first is its unusually compact size for the power output rating. This former in-house only model was designed by Burdick himself (hence his initials gracing the facia of the AHB2), but it went through some major changes when Benchmark started working with THX and its achromatic audio amplifier technology, or AAA for short.
It still has a pro-heavy product range, but until last year that range didn’t include a power amplifier, even if there has been a reference amp that Benchmark engineers have used for product development for some time. The company was incorporated two years later and moved to its current home in Syracuse, New York. Burdick’s garage back in 1983, when he started making electronics for the broadcast industry. But, the brand’s origins start in founder Allen H.
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Benchmark made its mark on the audio fraternity in the late 2000s with the unusually compact, yet full featured, converter and preamplifier… the DAC1, the latest DAC2 incarnation of which I reviewed in these pages a couple of issues back.
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