I own a MC462 for about 3 years, matched with it’s C52. Last month, I got a pair of AHB2, and couldn’t resist to match them with the HPA4. Those are feeding Wilson Sabrina. I felt I needed to challenge the 462, and I like to screw around…
My conclusion (also heard by some friends and family) is that the AHB2s are more revealing. The high frequencies seems crispier and the voices, mainly woman voices, are more in your face (or more natural) with the AHB2. The sound stage seems also a bit more defined. We also had the feeling that the low frequencies are not well controlled with the 462, maybe a bit sloppy. To my ears, the 462 seems to show more low frequencies, but is it because it lacks higher frequencies or because it doesn’t control well the woofer? With a friend, we tried to understand why and the only thing that come in mind was the damping factor difference. (40 vs 370). But… I don’t know…
Other differences : 462 is freaking heavy compared to the Benchmark and the big VU meters are nice, but a bit ostentatious.
All the tests have been made using the same preamp (Benchmark HPA4).
As mentioned by someone today in another thread, we should not hear a difference, but I believe there’s some.
Anyone have a similar experience?
Some advices to continue my comparaison?
My conclusion (also heard by some friends and family) is that the AHB2s are more revealing. The high frequencies seems crispier and the voices, mainly woman voices, are more in your face (or more natural) with the AHB2. The sound stage seems also a bit more defined. We also had the feeling that the low frequencies are not well controlled with the 462, maybe a bit sloppy. To my ears, the 462 seems to show more low frequencies, but is it because it lacks higher frequencies or because it doesn’t control well the woofer? With a friend, we tried to understand why and the only thing that come in mind was the damping factor difference. (40 vs 370). But… I don’t know…
Other differences : 462 is freaking heavy compared to the Benchmark and the big VU meters are nice, but a bit ostentatious.
All the tests have been made using the same preamp (Benchmark HPA4).
As mentioned by someone today in another thread, we should not hear a difference, but I believe there’s some.
Anyone have a similar experience?
Some advices to continue my comparaison?