It isn’t so much the mediocre measurements but the sheer hideousness.
Keith
Keith
Would you object to the poor filtration capabilities of the PSU?
As a logical argument, I see fallacy in your statement.He knows he's not capable of designing an amplifier that's measurably better than a Benchmark, so the only way he can sell you his amplifier that cost 100 times as much is if he can convince you that measurements don't tell the whole story.
I know that ASR members typically lean towards ‘better measurements = better sounding always’ viewpoint
Re: Benchmark, I auditioned one of their amps once (AHB2?). Never checked their measurements but felt that it lacking in instantaneous power.
My concerns begin and end with what’s at the output.
No, the output is measured at the output. PSU noise may or may not contribute to that.Wasn't the PSU noise measured from the output?
As a logical argument, I see fallacy in your statement.
I am not in the audio business but did major in Electronics Engineering in a past life. The past 3 decades, I’ve been using sophisticated math (multi variable stochastic calculus) & advanced statistics for trading. In short, I’ve relied very heavily on numbers only all my life and owe my life savings to them.
My noobie opinion: perhaps, better measurements => better sound always; but we haven’t completed the necessary set of measurements yet.
Re: Benchmark, I auditioned one of their amps once (AHB2?). Never checked their measurements but felt that it lacking in instantaneous power.
Later I heard them at a Melbourne hi fi show in a top end set up with Wilson speakers,
Was about to ask th same question until I read your post .That's interesting. Which speakers were they driving, how large and reverberant was the room, and what kind of level were you listening at?
Fair enough - I guess if I was to try this I'd need to be able to trim input levels accurately - many preamps these days don't go better than 0.5dB/step so that adds complication. Beyond that we need two independent level adjusted outputs from the preamp or to be able to direct the signal to one amp or the other (changeover relays). It's bit trickier than it seems unless building our own buffer stages perhaps? And to be able to switch amplifier output on the fly - a high current change-over relay. Then some way to blindly select one or the other. As you say - not too hard. Is that what you'd suggest? I wonder how many do this vs making their own comparisons as they best see fit - no one I know of - but I guess that is what we are here to change ;o)A multimeter isn't really specialized. Seems like more of a convenient excuse.
If one wants to do it, it isn't that hard.
Kiwi actually - fellow AustalasianI think I was at that show too!
Welcome to a fellow Melbournian
I know that ASR members typically lean towards ‘better measurements = better sounding always’ viewpoint, but I wonder if anyone has comments on this video:
Dan D’Agostino on measurements
I wonder how many do this vs making their own comparisons as they best see fit - no one I know of - but I guess that is what we are here to change ;o)
Kiwi actually - fellow Austalasian
It's almost embarrassing to comment - we are both super lucky at least. Last I looked Taiwan had stunning management as well.NZ, probably the only place better than Oz at the moment