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In Reply to: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! posted by cawson@onetel.com on July 2, 2015 at 14:39:31:
Apparently, there's certain design philosophy at the company, fixated on distortion figures being as low as possible - and everything else is tough shit for those fortunate enough to get a hold of their products.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - cawson@onetel.com 14:39:31 07/02/15 (139)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - John Siau 14:36:01 07/22/15 (15)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - cawson@onetel.com 08:35:47 07/26/15 (13)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - A.Wayne 10:18:43 07/26/15 (12)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - cawson@onetel.com 10:48:27 07/26/15 (11)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - rkeman 13:44:57 07/26/15 (10)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - cawson@onetel.com 14:56:24 07/26/15 (9)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - kali 01:21:40 08/04/15 (6)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - cawson@onetel.com 16:36:13 09/04/15 (1)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - kali 01:46:46 09/05/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - Snico 04:10:48 08/05/15 (2)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - kali 12:59:05 08/05/15 (1)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - Snico 05:52:06 08/10/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - cawson@onetel.com 04:53:42 08/04/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - rkeman 18:58:28 07/26/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - A.Wayne 17:13:43 07/26/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - A.Wayne 15:56:12 07/22/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - KanedaK 10:32:08 07/15/15 (1)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - A.Wayne 10:44:41 07/15/15 (0)
- Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - airtime 06:44:40 07/07/15 (73)
- Toobs vs Soiled state or just a pissing match - airtime 08:02:14 07/10/15 (1)
- RE: Toobs vs Soiled state ..... - A.Wayne 09:29:32 07/10/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - A.Wayne 08:57:09 07/07/15 (70)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - morricab 02:35:47 07/08/15 (49)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - A.Wayne 09:58:02 07/08/15 (1)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - morricab 15:03:06 07/08/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - Disbeliever 06:06:03 07/08/15 (46)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - morricab 15:05:41 07/08/15 (45)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - Disbeliever 23:44:57 07/08/15 (4)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - 91derlust 00:59:51 07/20/15 (2)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - A.Wayne 10:55:23 07/20/15 (1)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - 91derlust 23:23:53 07/20/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - morricab 01:27:31 07/09/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back, err not really - A.Wayne 15:23:24 07/08/15 (35)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back, err not really - morricab 01:42:25 07/09/15 (34)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back, err not really - Don Reid 19:20:18 07/16/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back, err not really - A.Wayne 06:33:42 07/09/15 (32)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back, err not really - morricab 09:30:46 07/09/15 (31)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back, err not really - A.Wayne 16:20:04 07/09/15 (30)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back, err not really - morricab 01:31:04 07/10/15 (29)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - A.Wayne 09:41:29 07/10/15 (28)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - morricab 11:50:52 07/10/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - A.Wayne 09:46:53 07/10/15 (26)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - morricab 11:53:33 07/10/15 (25)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - A.Wayne 21:50:47 07/10/15 (24)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - morricab 13:43:32 07/11/15 (23)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - A.Wayne 15:19:45 07/11/15 (22)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - morricab 12:17:26 07/12/15 (21)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - A.Wayne 14:22:16 07/12/15 (20)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - morricab 07:44:32 07/15/15 (19)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - A.Wayne 10:06:01 07/15/15 (18)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - morricab 02:02:31 07/16/15 (17)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - A.Wayne 03:44:09 07/16/15 (2)
- RE: TAS Speaks ..... - A.Wayne 08:31:41 07/16/15 (1)
- RE: TAS Speaks ..... - morricab 01:06:42 07/17/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - A.Wayne 03:28:20 07/16/15 (13)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - morricab 01:24:05 07/17/15 (12)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - A.Wayne 04:12:22 07/17/15 (11)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - morricab 05:29:22 07/17/15 (10)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - A.Wayne 05:05:47 07/18/15 (1)
- RE: Once you taste tubes, tongue Burn for ever - morricab 02:06:13 07/20/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes or not, SS still works - A.Wayne 09:23:01 07/17/15 (7)
- RE: Once you taste tubes or not, SS still works - morricab 02:16:10 07/20/15 (6)
- RE: Once you taste tubes or not, SS still works - Banat 05:53:28 07/21/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes or not, SS still works - A.Wayne 10:57:39 07/20/15 (4)
- RE: Once you taste tubes or not, SS still works - morricab 13:30:09 07/20/15 (3)
- RE: Once you taste tubes or not, SS still works - A.Wayne 23:34:03 07/20/15 (1)
- RE: Once you taste tubes or not, SS still works - morricab 04:19:02 07/21/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes or not, SS still works - A.Wayne 15:01:33 07/20/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - A.Wayne 15:11:00 07/08/15 (3)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - morricab 01:43:05 07/09/15 (2)
- RE: Parce..? Nope you need to be more specific ....... - A.Wayne 06:20:28 07/09/15 (1)
- RE: Parce..? Nope you need to be more specific ....... - morricab 09:47:12 07/09/15 (0)
- Funny - E-Stat 14:27:40 07/07/15 (15)
- I miss the 3.0L era - Dave_K 04:42:57 07/08/15 (14)
- RE: I miss the 3.0L era - A.Wayne 06:10:38 07/08/15 (12)
- RE: I miss the 3.0L era - morricab 09:56:27 07/09/15 (11)
- RE: Psuedo Comprehension ........ and more deflection - A.Wayne 15:45:32 07/09/15 (10)
- RE: Psuedo Comprehension ........ and more deflection - morricab 12:42:04 07/12/15 (9)
- RE: Psuedo Comprehension ........ and more deflection Morri - A.Wayne 14:34:35 07/12/15 (8)
- RE: Psuedo Comprehension ........ and more deflection Morri - morricab 00:38:30 07/13/15 (2)
- RE: More SS magic......... - A.Wayne 10:21:14 07/13/15 (1)
- RE: More MAC magic......... - A.Wayne 10:23:42 07/13/15 (0)
- RE: Psuedo Comprehension ........ and more deflection Morri - A.Wayne 15:31:59 07/12/15 (4)
- RE: Psuedo Comprehension ........ and more deflection Morri - morricab 00:39:15 07/13/15 (3)
- RE: it's all in the PP Morri ....... - A.Wayne 05:10:42 07/13/15 (2)
- RE: it's all in the PP Morri ....... - morricab 14:08:54 07/13/15 (1)
- RE: it's all in the PP Morri ....... - A.Wayne 14:37:23 07/13/15 (0)
- RE: I miss the 3.0L era - E-Stat 05:39:35 07/08/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - Disbeliever 09:28:04 07/07/15 (3)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - airtime 16:43:50 07/07/15 (2)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - E-Stat 06:03:43 07/08/15 (0)
- RE: Once you taste tubes it is hard to go back - Disbeliever 22:30:26 07/07/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - Mr Peabody 19:33:59 07/06/15 (3)
- RE: REVIEW - Merrill / Sadurni combination got good reviews - A.Wayne 05:03:56 07/07/15 (2)
- Wow, class d ncore from Hypex, imagine that!!! Nt - kuribo 17:40:11 07/15/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Merrill / Sadurni combination got good reviews - cawson@onetel.com 10:10:21 07/07/15 (0)
- This... - DKL 13:57:01 07/06/15 (2)
- RE: This... - cawson@onetel.com 10:12:56 07/07/15 (1)
- RE: This... - DKL 10:22:27 07/07/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - TubeDriver 11:18:54 07/06/15 (9)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - cawson@onetel.com 16:05:51 07/29/15 (7)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - TubeDriver 07:28:08 07/30/15 (6)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - cawson@onetel.com 10:58:25 07/30/15 (2)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - A.Wayne 08:02:52 08/01/15 (1)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - cawson@onetel.com 11:29:43 08/01/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - cawson@onetel.com 08:23:46 07/30/15 (2)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - TubeDriver 12:22:07 07/30/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - A.Wayne 08:39:15 07/30/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - to each their own ........ - A.Wayne 12:44:14 07/06/15 (0)
- who on earth suggested this pairing?? - Tom Schuman 01:45:01 07/06/15 (5)
- RE: who on earth suggested this pairing?? - cawson@onetel.com 10:18:33 07/09/15 (3)
- RE: who on earth suggested this pairing?? - A.Wayne 16:07:31 07/09/15 (1)
- RE: who on earth suggested this pairing?? - cawson@onetel.com 16:17:26 07/29/15 (0)
- RE: who on earth suggested this pairing?? - TubeDriver 11:20:49 07/09/15 (0)
- Noise - Dave_K 04:47:43 07/07/15 (0)
- Other than ... - three_sox 03:23:08 07/05/15 (0)
- Have to say it...you need to stick with tubes - morricab 13:47:19 07/04/15 (9)
- RE: Have to say it...you need to stick with tubes - A.Wayne 16:07:38 07/04/15 (8)
- RE: Have to say it...you need to stick with tubes - morricab 02:08:42 07/05/15 (7)
- RE: Have to say it...you need to stick with tubes - A.Wayne 09:06:36 07/05/15 (6)
- RE: Have to say it...you need to stick with tubes - morricab 13:06:53 07/05/15 (5)
- RE: Have to say it...you need to stick with tubes - A.Wayne 14:04:17 07/05/15 (4)
- RE: Have to say it...you need to stick with tubes - morricab 02:32:26 07/06/15 (3)
- RE: Have to say it...you need to stick with tubes - A.Wayne 03:40:50 07/06/15 (2)
- RE: Have to say it...you need to stick with tubes - cawson@onetel.com 16:24:39 07/29/15 (0)
- RE: Have to say it...you need to stick with tubes - morricab 14:24:27 07/06/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - cawson@onetel.com 07:15:26 07/04/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - SgreenP@MSN.com 15:38:50 07/03/15 (1)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - A.Wayne 19:13:43 07/03/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - Palustris 09:48:17 07/03/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - Mick Wolfe 09:14:50 07/03/15 (2)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - E-Stat 12:39:26 07/03/15 (1)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - Mick Wolfe 13:15:20 07/03/15 (0)
- RE: REVIEW - Benchmark AHB2 with Avantgarde Speakers - What a Disappointment! - ahendler 18:08:02 07/02/15 (0)
- "or perhaps Benchmark themselves" - I wouldn't hold my breath. - carcass93 18:06:14 07/02/15 (1)
- Hmm -reminds me of another Company's ideology - Des 19:08:59 07/02/15 (0)
- See if somebody can lend you a Lindell AMPX 20Wpc Class A - John Marks 17:08:47 07/02/15 (2)
- RE: See if somebody can lend you a Lindell AMPX 20Wpc Class A - jedrider 19:12:45 07/14/15 (1)
- RE: See if somebody can lend you a Lindell AMPX 20Wpc Class A - cawson@onetel.com 17:04:25 07/29/15 (0)
Follow Ups
- "or perhaps Benchmark themselves" - I wouldn't hold my breath. - carcass93 18:06:14 07/02/15 (1)
- Hmm -reminds me of another Company's ideology - Des 19:08:59 07/02/15 (0)