This leads me to believe that the fully-balanced connection between preamp and power amp is significant, plus the high-quality build of the AHB2. Regardless of no change in those upstream connections, the quality of overall playback improved with the AHB2 power amp being in the chain. My reference was the Rogue Audio Triton phonostage into the Benchmark DAC3/HGC preamp. Of course having a fully-balanced connection between preamp and power amp, not to mention impedance matching, makes for the ultimate example of low noise floor.įrankly, I was not expecting much of a difference in analog/vinyl playback since the chain between phonostage and line-level preamp had not changed. The AHB2 is ultimately neutral, revealing every recording in its raw and natural state, warts-and-all, with no coloration added in playback. There's not much to add in terms of review adjectives. It's not hard to find reviews (and measurements) about the AHB2 being transparent, and distortion/noise-free. I had been using my DAC3/HGC preamp with a (White Oak Audio modified) Phase Linear 400 power amp, which frankly outperformed several other power amps I tried, but the AHB2 power amp is at a whole new level. The AHB2 power amp is plugged directly into a wall socket. Thanks to the many visitors who have scanned documents and donated images to the gallery. Dussun calls the V8i a hyper class A and a Green class A solution which achieves class A operation even under conditions of low-power consumption and low heat production. As some Channel Islands equipment was due to arrive in a week, I was momentarily without a solid-state preamp, so I turned to the preamp section of the Dussun V8i integrated to see how the S88’s sounded. Overview of V8i integrated amplifier The V8i is an extension of Dussun’s high-end product line. manual as the product was just introduced in September this year. The top component in the pic is a Rogue Audio Triton phono preamp, and between the DAC3/HGC and AHB2 is a PS Audio Stellar PowerPlant 3 Regenerator, which powers all ancillary components. I was informed that Melody Hi Fi is continuing to work on editing the U.S.

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