Music Alchemist
Pokémon trainer of headphones
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Same here! Was thinking about offering someone 50K to build me a T2 Stax amp, to go with either my MSB Select or Trinity DAC (haven't decided yet, might get both). I'll probably get a couple more pairs of SR-009's for back up too. It's just a matter of cash right now...
The DIY T2 would be my endgame electrostat amp as well. Shouldn't cost more than $20K, though; possibly even around $10K. The problem is finding someone who knows what they're doing to build it for you. It's probably the most complex headphone amp of all time, and it can be dangerous (due to even higher voltage than most electrostat amps) if not designed properly. I know a guy who is building at least one, for the first time, but I think it's for himself. XD
If I can't manage to get the T2, a BHSE could work as well. (No wait period via used and international markets.) In the meantime, a speaker amp + WEE should perform at least admirably.
I was also curious about the MSB SELECT and Light Harmonic Sire. No idea how much better they would sound than affordable DACs, or whether I would hear a difference at all. Many people I talk to in the Sound Science section say that even the most affordable DACs can easily reproduce audio accurately and perfectly, but I don't believe anything blindly.