MSB Select Electrostatic Headphone Amplifier. excellent condition. original list price $37,950 USD. i have the original flight case for secure shipping. build quality of the MSB is second to none. casework milled from solid billet, built like a tank. amazing performance. sets the standard for...

Stax 009S headphones. bought new in Feb this year (2021) and not hardly used them (15-20 hours max). so like new. always had the Stax dust cover on them or they were in the wood case. this also includes the Stax stand + Stax dust cover + the premium quality 2.5m extension cable SRE-925S...

3 years ago i bought a pair of tube amplifiers, the Lamm ML3 Reference's, and borrowed a set of tube amps, the VAC 450SE mono's, to compare to my solid state amplifiers, the darTZeel 458 mono's for my speaker system (link below to my 2 channel system description). i had all three of these...

thought i would reawaken this now 49 month-dormant thread. since the last post of this thread in Jan 17', the Stax SR-009S's came out. and 2 weeks ago i purchased the MSB Select Electrostatic Headphone amp and added the 009S's. i've owned the MSB Select II dac since mid 2017. mine has the...

i showed that to my wife (we've been married 48 years) and she was amused. messing with headphones does make me feel younger, but not quite 18-19.:rolling_eyes: not sure i exactly recall how that feels anymore.

not heard the Carbon. back in 2011-2012 i did own the BHSE and 009's for a while. i enjoyed the BHSE and the Aristaeus too. it's not fair for me to use my now 9 year old memory for a compare. but if i had to say, i think that the MSB Select is far ahead of the BHSE. more transparent, more...

we actually react more strongly to additional bass than other frequencies. we are attracted to it. Imo this is arguably predicted by the Fletcher-Munsen curves. Notice how the curves get closer together south of 100 Hz. So a 5 dB change at 30-40 Hz can be PERCEPTUALLY comparable to a 10 dB...

very nice kit you have there. i like the Extreme too. my Extreme has the TAS music management software being developed by Taiko. it's now on the 'Beta' release. do you have a comment on my point of the native resolution being best. i'm also a big fan of redbook, and listen to it all the time...

i'm curious. what players and high rez files are you using to make this determination? respecting that listening is a subjective process, so ranking digital formats can be a matter of taste or even musical choices, or even what your sonic reference might be. i would not presume to tell you what...

you can ask...... the Select Headphone Amplifier comes with a 10 year warranty. so violating that warranty is just not going to happen. top will remain in place.

it's a bit of a pain to remove it from it's spot on the rack for more pictures. at some point when i do that i'll take more pics and post them. here is a link to the MSB website of this unit, even in that same color silver with more views. MSB Select Headphone Amplifier in Silver owners manual...

not posted here for awhile and i have not owned headphones for almost 10 years; but just jumped back in today with new SR-009S's arriving and the MSB Select Headphone amplifier i just purchased. i owned very early 009's and a BHSE in 2012, before i sold it fund amp and speaker upgrades. listened...

Astro, as an Aries Cerat Kassandra fan-boy, if you are going to diss the MSB Reference at the Munich Show, then at least explain how people specifically dissed the amps and speakers it was mated to. and even voiced their surprise that MSB would agree to show with them. the What's Best Forum...

so you personally feel great about the value equation of the BHSE. great. and I agree. but maybe not everyone would. I'm just saying the same things you might say to someone questioning how you can be crazy enough to spend over $6k for a headphone amplifier. lots of people would write exactly...

i happen to own the MSB Select II with 2 power supplies and the clock upgrade. while not any audio bargain, it walks it's talk in the performance neighborhood it competes in, and is a fantastically satisfying piece of audio gear to live with. if you are ever in the Seattle area you are welcome...