#AMP CONTOUR MEANING PLUS#

A small adjustment of any one of the six EQ parameters delivers a profound effect to your tone.

What you think I should do? Go for it still? I really want to and I feel like when else will I get 100% of the value I paid brand new for my special 40’s for my trade in value.Where to start with the bass amp that can do everything except drive the tour bus? Let’s start with the 6-band EQ: set it flat and report a wholly transparent performance, not unlike a top-line acoustic amplifier.

#AMP CONTOUR MEANING PLUS#

In the end including shipping my special fortys to him it’ll cost me roughly $2700 plus my mint condition special fortys. Is this the stand you’re talking about or is there another one I don’t know about?Īlso, my price is $5000 flat but because my original purchase price was $2699 and the dealers policy is the trade up has to be double the price of the original, which would put the minimum to $5400, my dealer said he will split the difference with me of $400 so I pay an extra $200 for essentially bogus reasons but it is the dealers policy so I understand, and then I got to pay $110 for the shipping of the Contour 20’s to me. What are these dedicated speaker stands you’re talking about? I have these stands made from Dynaudio called the Stand20’s, and I also happen to have an optional top plate option which I believe is meant for the Contour 20, it’s called the Contour top plate and it came with 4 bigger sized bolts that supposedly screw to the underside of a Contour 20 loudspeaker monitor. If others still have impressions of alternatives (such as Naim, Luxman, or similar), I'd love to hear them-I am getting close to sold, though, on this setup. The one aspect I've not fully evaluated is the analog input on the DAC3 with my turntable, of some importance. Separately, I am still in the evaluation period for both components. Net net it's an amazing component and an incredible value at its price point (frankly, it would be a value even if it were more expensive). It looks just fine, but not great, in my USM Haller rack. Aesthetically, I would want for a little more visual refinement and could do without the engraved Benchmark logo at its size, but those are very minor issues. The form factor is small but the amp is still substantial and the build quality is high (although perhaps not as high as the luxury end of the market).

On the functional front, the AHB2 is extremely well thought out, easy to use, and feature rich. And, in fact, the combination of the amp plus DAC is so resolving that I find myself noticing new details in music I've been listening to for 20 years or more, which has been fascinating. The transparency in no way equates to being unengaging or cold. At the same time, the presentation is refined, dynamic, and fully engaging. There is no noise, no audible distortion, no coloration. Its signature is maybe best described as the absence of anything but the signal. Sonically the amp is absolutely amazing-it is probably the most sophisticated, resolving, and neutral amplifier I have ever heard. Click to expand.My assessment of the amp has two parts: (1) sonic and (2) functional/aesthetic.

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