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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Johnny Winter - The Winter of '88Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits 
Streaming vs. CD
What is dying is computer audio as streaming has taken over. Darn it, I didn't get the memo about this!  Or maybe "computer audio" is something different than what I consider computer audio.  I spend a lot of time at my computer(s) and have two... 
Mapleshade or Butcher Block Acoustics
The ones mentioned in the original post both look nice. I went cheap and bought some Boos Block Hard Rock maple cutting boards for under my monoblocks and my Audio Research integrated. I bought them more for practical purposes than for sound. I di... 
Qobuzz - Spotify
Bluesound Node 2i 
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!