Benchmark's £2895 AHB2 power amplifier doesn't conform to any of the stereotypes for big American high-powered amps: it's very small, light and designed to be cool-running without any recourse to forced air-flow. (There are substantial side-mounted heatsinks.) Claiming 100W/8ohm, and up to 480W/6ohm as a bridged monoblock, it weighs less than 6kg and is not much more than half the width of usual hi-fi components (although there's a standard 19in wide rack-mount faceplate option). The inputs are only on XLR sockets, but the speaker outputs are provided on both combination binding posts and Neutrik SpeakON terminals, these extending to separate L/R outputs, plus a single central connector for use when the amplifier is bridged.
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