Removing a ZERO from the price of amps

Hi Fi Critic did not think much of the Benchmark AHB2.[April-June 2016].."But it failed to to impress in terms of musical involvement,attaining an overall score of just 45 points".

I think the AHB2 is an awesome amp, especially for the KEF LS50's (bedroom system). I owned it for a few years so I am confident in my assessment. It was awful on an Magico A3 though, that speaker was more demanding. I also do not think Beryllium drivers are what I would pair with the AHB2.

@ricevs I believe mods can make a good piece sound incredible. Case in point is my Sony SCD-1 SACD player that was modified by $3K worth of mods 20 years ago by Vacuum State. I have recently put it back into my Bryston BHA-1 headphone system and it is phenomenal. Though the SCD-1 in stock form had "good bones" so that may have worked well with the mods.

http://www.vacuumstate.com/index.dna?rubrik=14&lang=2&a=/%2527%251C%25D8%253E%25D9H%2540&b=738000.5727941110

I have 2 amps to get soon. A Purifi amp would be a nice cost saving way to achieve this. Like I said in my Original Post,

A Benchmark AHB2 and one of these Purifi amps for me please.

I want to find a Purifi amp with "good bones". Then modding that would be interesting.

Your counter arguments to the ASR Purfi build criticisms are understood. 

All the (good) companies that make the Purifi based amps use the same bones.....well, except the chassis.....which are all plain......but you might like one over the other.  The insides are all the same.....1200 watt Hypex power supply, Purifi module and input board all made almost identical to each other using Sparko labs regs and a choice of input op amps.  This is all I need to make a super thang.....because I change everything that matters.  VTV is cheapest in the US, offers a 30 day money back on their amps and has free shipping.   They can also do some custom stuff that no one else is currently offering.  I just talked to them today.  How about a 3000 watt power supply for a stereo or mono block?   They can do this.  Probably kick it up a notch......bigger power supplies are generally a good thing!

https://www.hypex.nl/product/smps3ka400/32

I just received the latest Stereophile and Herb Reichert just reviewed a Purifi based amplifier built in North Conway NH.   After opening with how he generally dislikes the sound of class-D, he gives this LKV amplifier a very good review and the measurements are deemed excellent.   At 50lb it is ~1/2 the weight of my Pass amplifier and I'm hoping my next amplifier will be that weight or less :)   This amp's MSRP is still on par with my Pass but hopefully over time cheaper variants that still sound very good will be a common thing...