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

Seems that the OP is hung up on the “audiophile” label rather than the components performance in its price range.  It’s the sonics, the price, and possibly the feature set that matters.

"consensus" and "audiophile" in the same sentence/paragraph always makes me lol

As a wannabe audiophile, my path is iFi Zen Stream, Benchmark Dac3L, AH2B, Klipsch Cornwalls. My plan is to get the blackest background, the best speed, most uncolored amplification, sort out how to get the Cornwalls to play their best with positioning and room treatments, and then find the preamp, if necessary, that puts it all together for my ear. I do not have the time or energy to go through numerous permutations of equipment to find my sound. Wish me luck. 

bfb1963,

Try a tubed preamp for good synergy with your AHB2.

@kennyc 

just trying to get a gauge from people on this site if the AHB2 was a flash in the pan or something worth keeping for quite a while.  audiophile is jut a term.  

there are no shortage of used ones for sale.