£2k for a used headphones amp?

It's a 50W McIntosh amp that just happens to have a headphone socket on. The casework, brand-cachet and import duty will account for much of the price methinks, but if people can afford one to go with the flash car and £2k a month mortgage, then so be it I suppose...

We've discussed headphones. I enjoy the direct coupled sonic approach and appreciate that beyond a certain modest price, you're paying for trimmings and extra-comfy earpads. when I listened toa collection of Grado headphones again last autumn, I topped out on the £320 ones, which i thought had the best balance for me. the thousand quid plus models were worse in many ways, as the dynamics had been refined out too much - for me anyway.

I'll never spend 2k on a headphone amp. I feel diminishing returns quickly settling in.

Had a Sugden Masterclass HA-4 once. Nothing special. The Schiit Asgard 2 sounds better, IMO.

Max budget for me, would be £500.

S.