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Responses from big_greg

Whats on your turntable tonight?
Foghat - Live 
Beginning of a new journey...
The HD6XX are surprisingly good headphones at their price point.  They are probably the most comfortable headphones I own and they sound really good.  I have better sounding headphones, but they are many times the price of the HD6XX.  They definit... 
Beginning of a new journey...
Most headphone access plugs are cheap/poorly designed op amps. To get the most out of phones...you need a dedicated amp. Pretty sure he was asking about getting a dedicated amp. I don’t have a specific recommendation as most of my headphone amps ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Grand Funk Hits 
What are you streaming tonight?
Rage Against the Machine - S/T, Qobuz  
What are you streaming tonight?
Morphine - Cure For Pain, Qobuz. Some nice sax work on this.  
What are you streaming tonight?
The Stones - Sticky Fingers, Qobuz. Not "audiophile" material (I hate that Bobby Keys' saxophone sounds like a kazoo!), but some great songs.  
Purchasing vinyl online
After the discussion about Thin Lizzy in the what's on your turntable thread I decided to flesh out my Thin Lizzy collection and ordered a bunch of stuff this morning from discogs. 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Reuben, it sounded wonderful in my cheap little sacd player. I haven't listened to it on the big rig in a while, but l should.  
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Supertramp - Breakfast in America, Japan SHM-SACD 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
The Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits, MFSL SACD.  I realized my little Onkyo DV SP205FX has been sitting unused for a while.  That player was one of my audio bargains.  I bought if from Japan for about $125 and added a step up... 
Shelter in Place Qobuz Binge?
I've been a heavy user of Qobuz ever since I got it.  Of late I've been exploring their playlists (they have a lot!) many of which are very well curated.  They are great for when I feel like just letting the music play on... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
All that talk about Gary Moore put me in a Thin Lizzy kind of mood. Even though he didn't play on it, Jailbreak.  
My list of seller red flags
And what's up with all these "second systems"? Sounds a little fishy to me.I'm trying to figure out what's "fishy" about the 2nd system in my bedroom, or the third system in my computer room, or the fourth system in my home office.  I won't mentio... 
What are you streaming tonight?
Shelby Lynne - S/T, Qobuz.