New THX AAA Headphone Amplifier Offers World’s Lowest Levels of Distortion, Noise and Power Consumption

THX, renowned for the certification of world-class cinemas and electronic devices, has partnered with Triad Semiconductor to manufacture its revolutionary TSTHX-88 headphone amplifier ASIC. According to THX, the THX AAA Headphone Amplifier technology offers the world’s lowest levels of distortion and noise alongside incredibly low power consumption and it outperforms every other amplifier technology in the marketplace.

Benchmark has recently previewed and is already taking orders for its new DAC3 HGC D/A converter! Following the success of the previous DAC1 and DAC2 D/A reference converters, Benchmark’s newest 2-channel DAC3 features the new ESS Technologies ES9028PRO converter chip and has lower THD and THD+N noise than Benchmark’s DAC2. The DAC3 also employs an advanced high-headroom digital filter design, and all inputs are fully isolated from interface jitter by Benchmark’s new UltraLock3 jitter attenuation system.

Our super-sized September 2015 issue focuses on speaker design, from industrial/commercial to DIY perspectives. If you like speakers and are looking for new project ideas and new areas of product design, this edition of audioXpress is full of insights into how to approach DIY builds from new directions.

This in-depth review of the Benchmark AHB2 Stereo Power Amplifier, published in audioXpress April 2015, clearly explains why you should listen to this one. Designed in response to the needs of high-resolution audio sources, Gary Galo spent some time with it and explains all the reasons why he was impressed. Very impressed.

The DAC2 series are the latest digital-to-analog converters from Benchmark Media Systems, the American audio manufacturer based in Syracuse, NY. The model reviewed here is the DAC2 DX, which has been tailored for users who don’t have analog sources or who use a separate analog preamp. Read the full review.