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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Guns `n` Roses - Appetite for Destruction  
Whats playing on your system today?
A little Pink Floyd to start the morning - Wish You Were Here - Qobuz. 
Orchid vs TUBADOUR III - Help me choose
I don't know anything about the Tubadour, but I have the Orchid and have the following to compare it to - Wyred 4 Sound DAC 1, Auralic Vega, Mytek Liberty, the DAC in my Sony TA-ZH1ES headphone amp, and the DAC in the Oppo HA-1 headphone amp (whic... 
Any steel 14” to 16” speaker stands out there?
VTI makes 19" cast iron stands.  https://www.standsandmounts.com/vtirfseries19inchspeakerstandsrf19b.aspx They also come in silver.  They can be filled with sand.I have some of the taller ones and have my Klipsch Heresy speakers on the 19" ones... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
AC/DC - If you want blood... 
Fan on Amp Unbeatable
I did something like sleepwalker described with my home theater processor and my Peachtree Nova 300, except I used a usb fan. You should be able to connect the usb fan to a phone charger with a usb outlet.  
Black Ash.....
All I could do is laugh as I looked over my sea of black ash speakers, subwoofers, and about 3 dozen flat black record crates.  But hey, at least I've got wood paneling in my house, that must count for something on the classy scale. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Alan Parsons Project - I Robot 
Fan on Amp Unbeatable
My home theater amp (Lexicon LX-7) has a fan.  I took it in for service for another issue and asked if they could put a quieter fan in while they had it.  It's much quieter now.  I can hear the fan if I put my ear within about a foot of the unit, ... 
Parasound A21+ or Emotiva XPA-DR2
Nice to hear it all worked out well in the end :) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Eagles - Desperado 
Parasound A21+ or Emotiva XPA-DR2
I'm still not sure what your point is.  Different technologies... have you listened to either amp or do you just look at pictures on the internet.  I would suggest that there are a lot of reviews available on both amps including numerous owner rev... 
Parasound A21+ or Emotiva XPA-DR2
He's looking at an A23, not the A21 which is a step up from the A23 and his budget.   
Qobuz Users Update?
I have Spotify, Tidal, and Qobuz.  I listen to Qobuz most often.  The selection is very good and the sound quality is excellent.  The PC app is not as good as the other two, it's a little buggy and sometimes hangs or songs don't start right away. ... 
Parasound A21+ or Emotiva XPA-DR2
I owned an A23 and have had a couple of Emotiva amps - the XPA5, which I still have for surround sound duty in my 2nd system and a pair of XPA-100 Gen 2 monoblocks.  They were decent amps, but nothing to get excited about.  The top end of the A23 ...