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Second audio system in your house?

Hi, just curious how many of you have a second audio system in your house, and, actually use it? I've recently bought some new components and had planned on selling my old amp, but I'm still attached to it, and with a small investment, say $1000, I could get some bookshelf speakers and a CD player. On the fence about the whole idea. There's a whole lot of other things to do with $1000 mind you, so I'm not sure if it's the most sensible thing to get into. I won't even ask the wife what her opinion is, as I already know it.
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tostadosunidos
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wetfeet, when you do the phones be sure to spring for a tube headphone amp.  You needn't spend that much to get amazing sound.
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Bravo and Schiit Audio both make some good (and inexpensive) models.  I'm sure there are others.  Check out head-fi.org as there will be plenty of good info there.  I have a Bravo Ocean amp and love it with my Sennheiser 600 and AKG Q701 phones.  A good value in phones is the Phillips X2/x27 Fidelio.  But read and listen before you buy--headphones are like speakers, each company with a signature sound and each model with its own character.  And if you want to spend much more than, say, five hundred, it can easily be done.
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