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Soundstage wide and deep but not at all tall. . .
What type of HF response are you getting? How was the stage before the new pc's? 
Anyone have experience w/Shelter 501 II?
I didn't think it worked particularly well with a std. JMW9 arm, there was audible mis-tracking, more so then any other cartridge that I have used. It is a low compliance cartridge and the JMW9 is a low mass arm, not the best combo.That said more ... 
Want to buy an Audio Dharma cable cooker
If you play with a lot of cables it is very helpful 
Cheap tweak from Virtual Dynamics:
less to do with resonance and more to do with being non-magnetic. Be very careful with MDF as it will not tolerate many screw swaps before it is stripped then you are up the creek 
Need warm sounding cables: Transparent Ref. MM?
Keep the speaker cables, try a warm sounding pc, something with gold ends... 
'they blew'em off the stage'
Blues Traveler opening for the Allman Bros. at the Mann in philly 
Levinson, Pass labs or Parasound?
I had a X250 and now the JC1's. I think the parasounds are an all-around better amp. I don't have stats but understand that the JC1's drive them very well... 
tube ringing?
That is not tube ringing 
Do you pull A/C plugs during thunder storms?
Always 
cable directionality
The way they came out of the wire machine is reversed for the two.This is something the late Bob Crump really extolled; he is the first person I was aware of doing this. Wire is directional. Making up an IC in this fashion, signal and return runni... 
Anti-Cables and magnet wire
Not to be confused with Ohno Cast copper...Much better and more $$$ 
Need to turn volume all the way up with cartridge
60db of gain should be fine for the Skala but you should play with the loading if you can try between 100 and like 470 if possible.Pdxhdhunter .25mV is pretty low you need at least 66db of gain as John said.... 
Vinyl vs. digital: what am I doing wrong?
What differences are you hearing? what loading do you have your supratek set to? 
are phono cables different from regular rca's?
It's all relative to the system and surrounding environment. I use all unshielded IC's (my brand) and have zero noise/hum....dead quite in my system. 
VPI Scout Rubber Washer Issue
I don't have that issue with my scoutmaster.