Got to hear that new Benchmark amp driving some floor-standing Revels this evening at a party for friends - first time I'd been there, though I'd heard of his system. I was really impressed with the sound of the amp - very fast bass, excellent soundstage with great specificity of instrument placement. I definitely would not kick one out of bed. Listened to the stuff I know well at first - Johnny Cash's American recordings, Kathy Mattea's Coal, stuff that I know is recorded very well. Was highly impressed. After that we switched over to some Tool, some 70s stuff, including a bunch of Stones cuts, and on and on. The only album that taxed the amp was the Cars - we got the clipping circuitry to shut it down at a volume level we should not have been listening - or dancing - to but other than that, it was a great evening.