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| Benchmark AHB2 Experiments Driving 8 Ohms in bridged mono is equivalent to the load produced by driving 4-Ohms in stereo. Most amplifiers produce more distortion when driving a 4-Ohm load instead of an 8-Ohm load. This is not the case with the AHB2. The 8-Ohm and 4-Ohm THD+... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker There are many good comments in this thread but there is also much erroneous information. In most cases, this erroneous information is based on the assumption that the AHB2 behaves like most power amplifiers. The statements made would be true of... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker Here is a plot of the no load and 6-Ohm load THD vs. output level for the AHB2. As stated above, the 6-Ohm bridged mono load is equivalent to 3-Ohm stereo loads on each output simultaneously. Note that the 6-Ohm and no-load curves are virtually id... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker This is John Siau, VP and Director of Engineering for Benchmark Media Systems.I would like to clear up some erroneous information in this thread. The AHB2 is a unique design, so some of the usual assumptions do not apply.1) The peak output current... |