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Tube Amp Noise with Klipsch Cornwall II
Sell Rogue.As previous posters mentioned, your vintage Klipsch will pick up virtually any minor oscillations of the amp. Technically I would experiment with adjusting feedback (obviously lowering the gain factor which may significantly help avoidi... 
Why a low output M.C. rather than a high output?
Wiki sais more than you need to know...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_cartridge 
Which power cord more important?
R1g, The weakest design is the one depended on PC or interconnect quality. The small manufacturers of audio equipment hide behind "clarity, transparency and simplicity", but in fact filtering and delivering clean power on the component level seems... 
Vintage Grundig Console Repair
The two problems you've described are unrelated to each other. Do you want to get a technical guidance and fix it yourself as intro to electronics ET101/ET101L :-)?Most of these consoles sold in working condition for arround $100 otherwise. 
Can You Live With Crackling & Popping Noise?
Ryder, Less-likely the megapriced cleaning machines will take care of clicks, pops and surface noise. Keeping records clean is their main purpose. Sweeping dust with light touch of carbon fiber brush is sufficient enough.I have now Michell Gyro SE... 
Tube preamp and McCormack DNA-500
Foster,There's a pro product called ATI "The Match Maker" that has an output impedance close to zero and is very newtral. You can sometimes spot it on ebay for less than $100 and consider that as a very cheap tweak. That will bring your choice of ... 
Where are you buying new vinyl?
I only use cash and paypal no credit card. I feel if I use credit card I'd make much bigger 'hole' in my pocket>:My first choice is listed by author which is Other Music, than Gemm.com, ebay... 
Tube preamp and McCormack DNA-500
First what have you been using before?In my knowlege there aren't too many tube preamps that are realy good for DNA500 which dictates the limited choice.Manley Shrimp seems to be a great match only if $1k is true for used. Not sure if this one wil... 
Unbalanced pre out to balanced amp in
thx,that's what I mean and sometimes use to half the resistance. 
Unbalanced pre out to balanced amp in
Is 'across' meant in-series or in-parallel? 
Wyred 4 Sound STP-SE Preamp
To my understanding of such 'concept' looks like logical gain settings depending on input/output sources parameters. Can't call it completely passive though because it's buffered and form zero to a positive gain the unit switches logically.If this... 
Unbalanced pre out to balanced amp in
There's also excellent active component which is ATI "The Match Maker" often available at ebay. Virtually noise free and ideal impedance matching for lines of any length + the price is often bellow $100 for used. 
Wyred 4 Sound STP-SE Preamp
I'm not realy confused about having no gain at all. I'm just trying to learn the concept of having a variable gain. Intrigued another words. If 'it is what it is', the preamp might stand for its price as a complex logic device no doubt. I realy wi... 
What about Cardas Cord?
I bet that it nears the price of your amp wich already doesn't make a sence. 
Upgrading wall outlets
Br, As far as hypnosis goes, it easier acts on the crowd of people; that's why if you're just beginning to master this art, you should work with groups in order to find one that would fall under your convincing commands... Who do you think will fa...