it is all about what sound you want to acchive...the pass will be the best in the "modern" category...the accuphase is the 80ties sound champion with the best possible adjustments you can do on it. I for my system used to have Accuphase, all JBL models, Bryston (LR, sub, regular) and now I tripped on JC design called Symetry...the sound of music.
