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What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard?
D'Agostino Momentum M300's.  I was at Echo Audio in Portland and Kurt had these set up to demo and let me listen for a while.  Way out of my price range, but wow. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Boz Scaggs - S/T 
What are you streaming tonight?
They're playing in Tacoma at the Tacoma Dome.  Not my favorite venue, but if you get close enough (which I am) the sound is good. 
What are you streaming tonight?
ELO - Face The Music.  I'm going to see "Jeff Lynne's ELO" next week and am pretty excited! 
Qobuz Windows App
I renewed my subscription to Qobuz and have been listening to it a lot.  The app works great within the Bluesound app on my Android devices.  The app is still a little buggy on my PC and runs kind of slow, but works fine on my Dell laptop.  I'm no... 
Help me pick a turntable set up
bignamehere mentioned some good options to look at in that price range.  I'd also take a look at the MoFi Ultradeck.  I heard one recently and was impressed.I have the Clearaudio Emotion which is very similar to the Marantz and it's a great turnta... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Genesis - Trespass 
Whats playing on your system today?
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King - Qobuz HiRez 
panlar or dynamic headphones?
I think that was supposed to be "planar".  You have a connection for an incoming source and another one for an out to your preamp, receiver, etc.  Sometimes more than one input, sometimes an XLR connection(s) or both RCA and XLR.You should get wha... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Don Henley - Cass CountyZZ Top - Tres HombresWarren Zevon - Excitable Boy 
Whats playing on your system today?
ZZ Top - Goin' 50.  The remixes sound really good! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Warren Zevon - S/T 
Best Headphone under 1k$?
Thomas,One other thing you might consider is investing in a good headphone amp.  Most built in headphone amps are under-powered and will rarely do a good set of headphones justice.   
Best Headphone under 1k$?
Do you mean Sennheiser HD 800s?  I have the HD 800 (not the "s" model) and Hifiman HE 560.  I have not heard the Sundara, but if it has the Hifiman "house" sound, it's a very different animal than the HD 800.  The HD 800 is a very revealing headph... 
Business Ethics in the Audio Industry
@falconquest While I agree with you that they missed an opportunity to shine, people are more likely to take the time to write a complaint than praise. Witness the original poster's low post count.  He's a complainer. If he had a good experience h...