Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker

geek101 OP227 posts11-16-2018 2:07pm@georgehifi With Legacy Aeris what you are suggesting is not possible.

Of course it is, the plate amp still drives the lower bass as is, the passive xover is split (easy job) so the original terminals do just the mid/highs and a second set of speaker terminals (that has to be put on) do the 10" mid/woofer.
So your vertical AHB2, one channel drives the 10" mid/bass and the other channel drives the Tweeters and 8’’midrange, the plate amp still drives the 2 x 12’ low bass.
And your other ABH2 does the other speaker.

Cheers George

@ramtubes Agree with you that great specs on a single tone at some frequency or even frequency sweep tests does not really come close to complexity of music. But at this point that is all I have.  Good point about complexity yes it is more complex but the amp has been out there for a bit. And people who have it never seem to complain why it failed or how it faulted. Still I see these (amplifiers) as simple things compared to stuff I am aware of. These days manufacturing and design has come a long way with computer simulation etc. Testing techniques etc have come a long way. I am more concerned with someone in their backyard building a complex amp more than anything else.

Agree with you that good specs might not translate to good sound. But I cannot go on some one saying some monster class A/B or class A sounded great and since it is big and consumes a lot of power I have to go for it.

I have a class A SET tube amp and I am going to compare with this amp along with class D (Hypex NC500) before making my mind up on few things. I am in the bucket of people who think all good amp sound the same.

At the end can an amp just amplify the source faithfully and get out of the way. Can it just get out of the way!!. This is what I am going for and I want it at lowest price possible. 

Suggest me few amps better than AHB2 at this price and I will consider them, I am only looking for a great amp that do justice to my speakers. I don't have any past baggage or any biases.

Suggest me few amps better than AHB2 at this price and I will consider them, I am only looking for a great amp that do justice to my speakers. I don’t have any past baggage or any biases.

I did, a pair of used John Curl Parasond Halo JC1’s in high bias class-A mode on your speakers will sound majestic. I heard them on Wilson Alexia’s and they were just a little behind the Gryphon Antillion Evo. And they come with 5 year warranty.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-of-Parasound-JC1-Mono-Amplifiers/132849036390?hash=item1eee6b6c66:g:E5...

or a black pair here on Agon $200 more
https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis97eja-parasound-jc1-black-pair-solid-state?refsource=hifishark

Cheers George

@geek101, just so you'll know (in case you don't), poster ramtubes is Roger Modjeski of Music Reference, designer and maker of tube electronics. Asking him for an amplifier recommendation puts him in an awkward position ;-) .

Ramtubes, could be my terminology is off, but if a loudspeaker has a built in power amp for the bass drivers and separate inputs for an external amp to drive the midrange/treble, then it requires bi-amping.