Benchmark Media Systems. Right or wrong

@audphile1 Accuracy in electronics means conveying the original signal unchanged in any way except amplified. What musicians like in tube amps is the way they distort. The amp itself is a musical instrument. You like distortion and that is your business. The very best systems I have heard are accurate or as accurate as is possible with current tech. Benchmark gear gives you accuracy at a very competitive price. Whether or not one likes the AHB2 depends on the speaker. IMHO, modifying the sound in euphonic ways is unacceptable. I want what is on the record, nothing else.  

@mijostyn I don’t like distortion. I am also 100% sure you have no idea what the musicians in the studio sounded like to use as your baseline for judging how accurate or neutral a component really is. It’s all a perception. So let’s not go there. 

@audphile1 See, you are comparing playing music with music REPRODUCTION, which is two different things. I want my system to convey exactly what was recorded by the artist. To me that is accuracy and yes it will convey the emotion that the artist put in their music.

@mijostyn spot on and I totally agree. That is what I strive for as well.

Guys - neutral is not a thing. Everything adds color. Including your room and the chair you sit in. Your big furry dog and a coffee table between you and the speakers will alter the delivery enough to render it inaccurate.

You can keep telling yourself benchmark is neutral but it’s not. It’s a studio monitor type component that allows you to do your work with enough information you need to do it. 
There are much more resolving, clearer and better sounding DACs out there. Same will apply to amps and presmps. My last two DACs pull more from the recording than the benchmark ever did. So your accuracy theory is once again a moot point. And as I stated earlier, add perception to this formula. You’re making an argument but it’s just not a very good one. 

I've said for years "Someone needs to build great electronics at reasonable prices". Benchmark has joined that small group of achievers.  It makes a lot of sense to me that they are primarily a pro audio manufacturer. I own a AHB2. I am smitten with it. Still, it won't be one amp for all. I do respect Benchmarks opinion however.