I think i always worried the direct-to-amp would be too raw and "un-prepped."Sorry electroslacker forgive me.
Raw?? Unprepped?? This is something the voodoo'ist have instilled into you.
The source, is the start in a system and it's signal should go via the purest path to the speakers, anything in-between that changes it, is not pure and just adding distortion and or colourations.
As for your impedance match, you couldn't ask for anything better, low impedance solid state output of the Benchmark, into the high input impedance of a tube amp, as perfect as an impedance match gets.
Cheers George