Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier?

Never listened to a Benchmark amplifier but I did own their original Dac1 back in a day and most recently owned the DAC3 HGC. If their DACs are any indication, thr amplifiers should measure great, have good feature set, posses studio monitor like sonics and accuracy that aren’t necessarily what you’re looking for in a home audio component.

If the ASR crowd approves of it because it measures well, I’d proceed with caution. Listening tests is not something they take into consideration most of the time. 
 

@avanti1960 I see you have XA25 and if that’s still the case and you like the Pass sound, I would just upgrade within the Pass product line. Yes it’s more expensive than the Benchmark but I’m pretty sure Pass Labs is next level stuff. 

@jeffseight LOL

@avanti1960 try it, if possible, before you sell the XA-25 to be able to compare the two amps. 

Another amplifier to consider if you’re looking for more transparency and dynamics but still extended and refined is the Hegel H20. 
Nothing against the Benchmark amp I get people like it for what it is but I just don’t think it’s on the same level as your source, preamp and speakers.