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Record Grading...
Is it your store(s)?Why are you giving those away? 
Repair suspension on B+O MMC2?
Anyone in the household touched it during the night?Not sure about Modular, but SoundSmith repair will also be an upgrade to your current performance at double price of Modular if you want to take more pricey route. 
Best EL34 reissue?
Get some once you find. They used to be more frequent then now. They sound similar to fat bottle NOS Mullards if not better. 
Recommend an "adiophile worthy" pen?
Should one have built-in descent player and headphone recepticle?I'm more interested in novelty pens anyways! 
Best EL34 reissue?
Yugo 6CA7 made in former Yugoslavia, but not sure which part: Serbia? Kroatia? MonteNegro? 
tech advise needed
It's something that's common and power supply is usually primary target to diagnose. 
clicking noise - need help
than it's probably dirty or loose XLR recepticle(s). i'd put some fresh solder over the xlr terminals and clean pins on both recepticle and cable. 
Bizarre buzz
Purchase some Blu Tack from Walmart, unmount power transformer and place balls of blu tack onto the mounting holes and mount it back on. The noise will cease. 
clicking noise - need help
Time to clean your integrated under chassis including cleaning and treating selectors, switches and potentiometersIf that doesn't help, you'll need to service and replace noisy DC caps. 
Why not these cables for my TT
Is there smaller gauge available? 18awg is OK for interconnecs but not for tonearm wire. 
Best Bulk Cable
Kimber, VanDenHul sell bulk cable for home projects.I'd purchase Kimber for speaker wires and VanDenHul for interconnects. 
Record cleaning fluids
I use VPI HW16 with 20% of surgical tools cleaner and distilled water.It's alcohol free and can be used on 78rpm records.It's also dries faster and leaves no residue on the play surface and unbeatable at any price point or brand.Thinking to switch... 
Need help building an amplifier-headphone adapter
You may do as Yogiboy did with directly coupled output stage amplifier. That will work if you have relatively high impedance headphones. If you don't, you won't be able to control the volume correctly and will have a chance of blowing either your ... 
XLR or RCA?
if preamp and amp are balanced you'll get most of most benefit and cheap xlr wire will sound much better tnan expencive rca 
Anyone know where to repair mingdac mc3008c amp?
Can you specify your location or you're willing to ship to the end of world?My location has few great and knowledgable techies that do perfect job on tube electronics.