prof,
Just think of all the money you have saved.
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Exactly.
Paying attention to objective investigations of various type of gear has been very useful, as have my own occasional blind tests, in saving me money and angst sometimes.
As for not hearing a difference in cables, you either don’t have a revealing system or you just can’t hear this kind of differences.
I own, and have owned, many highly detailed revealing speakers, from Audio Physic to MBL Radialstrahlers to Thiel flagships and currently Joseph Audio Perspective 2. My Benchmark DAC and Benchmark Preamp are measurably among the most transparent audio devices you can own.
I make my living using my ears in post production sound. Think you could subtly balance the sound of 30 tracks at a time while identifying the a tiniest artifacts that will be picked up by a mixer?
It’s not a job for people with poor hearing acuity for differences and details.
So..nah... :-)
Show me one paragraph where they praised it’s sound quality. I bet you can’t because they are all about numbers.
Sure. From Amir’s review of the Benchmark preamp/headphone amp (same as mine, but with headphone outputs):
Headphone Listening Test
As usual, I started my testing with the Sennheiser HD-650. You guys know that I like to test headphone amplifiers at high volumes. Even if it is for a second or two, I try to up the volume to max to see whether the headphone or the amplifier give out first. Not here. I was too scared to get even close to -10 dB let alone +15 dB range the HPA4 has! The sound had incredible authority with superb bass and fantastic detail. It is a revelation to have this much clean power on hand to drive a headphone.