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How much preamp will improve
i'm using a HT-oriented pre/pro (rotel rsx-1055) - it's actually a reciever, but for 2ch i'm using the main outs to separate amplification - and i can tell you from having tried several 2ch outboard preamps (in place of the rotel) that there is A ... 
i hate to ask but I Really Need Help
check continuity between the outlet and the circuit breaker / fuse box in the basement.in my 'built-in-the-1800s' apartment (former place. thank god) they had thankfully run a ground wire from the metal outlet box down the metal conduit to the met... 
Send music from computer to Receiver?
i'll second the recommendation of m-audio, their products (both mac and PC) are great!!http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.main&ID=adf95efc30b88aba043fa8b83343bfb8 (what a steal, for what you get!!) 
Digital Audio Server
I'm running a g5 with iTunes, using the digital optical out via an audioquest OptiLink 1 (12m) to an external cal-audio sigma DAC... LOVE it... and i've got almost 2000 songs (all AIFF / uncomressed, ripped from my CDs) on a 160gb drive. g5 is AMA... 
UPS, and i don't mean shipping
snook2, i used to think the same, but having switched from an APC smartUPS 1000 to a Panamax MAX 5300 it was.... astounding. video looked better (remember how dependant NTSC is, clocking on 60hz) and i would say a general 15% improvement on sound ... 
Cable Costs Relative to System
not to dredge this back from the dead, but geoffgarcia, i was actually debating the same a few months back, at the time i had a very minimal system (integrated reciever + dvd/cd player, so a single digi-coax and some speaker wire was all i needed)...