I’ve been living with the Benchmark amp for a couple of weeks now, so I thought I’d share some impressions. This amp replaced Wyred4Sound mAmps, which I liked (and do like) very much. The Benchmark, however, is significantly better. It is very smooth and transparent, with excellent detail and texture. The soundstage depth is outstanding, with great “depth of field” – that is, in focus front to back. In this respect, it’s better than any amp I’ve ever had in my system. It does a great job of showing all of the detail in complex music, without any sense that the detail is due to extra brightness – the detail is just there.
The Benchmark has significantly less power (100W/channel) than the mAmps (250W/channel) but I certainly don’t hear any lack of power, even at high volumes.
That pretty much uses up my annual allotment of audiophile terminology. Suffice it to say that it’s not going back at the end of the 30-day trial period.
For those curious about the rest of the system, see post #89 in this thread: http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/richpas-main-system.356545/page-5
The Benchmark has significantly less power (100W/channel) than the mAmps (250W/channel) but I certainly don’t hear any lack of power, even at high volumes.
That pretty much uses up my annual allotment of audiophile terminology. Suffice it to say that it’s not going back at the end of the 30-day trial period.
For those curious about the rest of the system, see post #89 in this thread: http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/richpas-main-system.356545/page-5