I spoke with Rory Rail at Benchmark when I order 6 months ago. They are not keeping up with demand even today. Go to the web site today and see the disclaimer (capital letters are from web site).
" WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING VERY HIGH DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS. WE ARE WORKING HARD TO MEET THE INCREASED DEMAND. ALL ORDERS ARE FULLFILLED IN THE ORDER RECEIVED. "
" WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING VERY HIGH DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS. WE ARE WORKING HARD TO MEET THE INCREASED DEMAND. ALL ORDERS ARE FULLFILLED IN THE ORDER RECEIVED. "
You can get something like Luxman or Ref 6SE that connects you to music emotionally or get something like Benchmark for background noise.As someone who has heard all of those components I would say that comment is rather ignorant. I have a feeling you are not even clued into that we are talking about preamps on this thread. You funny though.