Not talking headphone gear.
We've seen the Benchmark AHB2 and its stellar performance, but the cost is, well, too high. Massdrop has shown that the AAA design can be leveraged to wallop the competition in terms of price and specs. I'm wondering now....what is it about the AAA design that we have not yet seen any other home audio amps on the market?
Licensing costs too high? Difficult to implement at higher outputs? Seems that the Benchmark should have cost 1/3 of what it does, but no other contenders are showing, so maybe this AAA thing has hidden warts.
We've seen the Benchmark AHB2 and its stellar performance, but the cost is, well, too high. Massdrop has shown that the AAA design can be leveraged to wallop the competition in terms of price and specs. I'm wondering now....what is it about the AAA design that we have not yet seen any other home audio amps on the market?
Licensing costs too high? Difficult to implement at higher outputs? Seems that the Benchmark should have cost 1/3 of what it does, but no other contenders are showing, so maybe this AAA thing has hidden warts.