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Hovland pre-amp susceptible to A/C line noise?
This is painful, such a beautiful piece causing heartache.Can you try to run a temporary home run to your electrical panel with an extension cord, to a clean breaker? You will have to cut off the male end and hard wire it into the panel. This migh... 
Which comm. speaker mfgr. makes the best cabinet?
Look at Meadowlark Audio. 
How do I choose a decent system?
Best of luck. It is fun. Just read these forums for a few weeks (or more)and learn.gmc 
What controls/adjustments are needed for phono pre
I have a Herron phono pre and there is only one switch, on/off. Herron feels any other option potentialy impacts the the signal. pretty hard core. 
Lightning Protection
Listen to Lazarus, he has come back from the dead...lightning strike 
Dedicated AC Line or Upgrade Equipment?
I saw tremendous benefit with the installation of a dedicated circut. I reccommend looking into the JPS Labs "in the wall" cable in lieu of standard romex. It is expensive, but can make an even greater difference. Then you can look at an audiophil... 
Trigger Happy Negative Feedback
Bummer, but this brings up a related question I have had about gon'. Anybody can leave feedback, bad, good, OR irrelevent. Not only can someone leave undeserved negative feedback, as with Ewha, one can also leave inflated positive feedback. Can i ... 
PayPal may be in trouble......
Tough situation, but I appreciate the desire to curb credit card fraud. The web has become a new frontier for it, and if it's not dealt with somehow, and by all of us, we, the consumers pay in the end. 
Best upgrade for the E88CC tubes for my Kora Pre?
Call Joe at JC Audio, he is the man for this. 925-229-2484Good luck. 
Help-acquired a Dynavector 10x3 phono cartridge
you might get on the dynavector forum at:http://64.70.137.136/cgi-bin/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Dynavector+Systems+Forum&number=3&DaysPrune=30&LastLogin=and ask for help.they might have some old data for you.good luck. 
OK to place amp on top of subwoofer?
just curious, do you guys think bearing isolators, such as Aurios would help the situation. gary 
"Baking" vibrapods smell issue.
i have placed mine boiling water to get them back up. then hold them in cold water to keep shape. 
Will this FIM 880 open up & let some detail in?
I just picked up a hydra, FIM duplex, and 40 feet of the JPS in the wall elec cable. I plan to hook the cable up the a 20 amp breaker in my office warehouse, hook up the FIM to the cable and plug in the hydra. I will then hook up 6 300watt lamps t... 
Dedicated AC lines???
The "aluminum" sheathed copper cable Kotta speaks of is commonly called MC cable. It is a commercial grade "romex" that can contain 1 or 2 conductors, a neutral and a ground wire. It typicaly comes in 14, 12 and 10 ga. solid copper conductor sizes... 
MC cartridge that best mates with RB300 arm....
The dynavector 20X-H or -L, depending on your phono stage. The lower output MC's can be very demanding on the front end, and on the tt/arm. The 20x-H should work on a MM front end, due to its high output. I am not sure a the rega 3 and 300 arm can...