![]() ![]() This removes common compression, reflection and turbulence effects of air that gets trapped between driver and ear. The interface box also builds in a passive de-emphasis circuit to compensate the line source's rising response so no external EQ is needed.Īs a true ribbon which floats on an open carbon-fibre baffle before your ears similar to an old AKG K-1000, the SR1a suffer neither in-the-way magnetics nor ear cups of any kind. For the math to add up as intended, a 100/200wpc into 8/4Ω amp is recommended. And current-the Benchmark is capable of 18 amperes-is what these ribbons thirst for on challenging bass transients of which they're stunningly capable down to about 30Hz. This scheme obliterates any damping factor the amplifier would normally express. On purpose, it also converts about 95% of the amplifier's power into heat since the ribbons don't need more than about ½ watt. Together with the supplied cable, that presents the amp with a purely resistive 6Ω. Dream boat load. And why would you?īecause to remain wearable without two pounds of transformers yet not present a virtual dead short, these have their 0.0018Ω impedance boosted by an interface box. But nobody yet thought to review it on headphones. With Product of the Year 2014-2017 awards from various high-profile publications, our Benchmark amplifier has been comprehensively covered many many moons ago – on standard loudspeakers. This assignment thus does no more or less than retrace his footsteps to test his assertion that of all the amplifiers he's tried (those included Bryston, Pass, Krell, McIntosh, Classé and more), to him and on his own recordings, the AHB2 still sounds the most like live music. That's because Aleksandar Radisavljevic, chief weaver at Serbia's Raal Ribbon, used this American amplifier as his reference during R&D of the Raal Requisite SR1a earfield monitors™. Sources: Soundaware D100Pro SD card transport, Jay's Audio DAC-2 Signature Edition Ĭables: Zu Event MkII XLR interconnects x 2, Crystal Cable power cordsīenchmark Media. ![]()
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