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Tube Shelf Life
Is there a website to read about them?Thanks, 
Sub panel & isolation transformer voltage
A great question for Sean or someone else knowledgeable. I hope they answer! 
Adding second "dedicated" breaker box.
Thanks, I'll fix it! 
Adding second "dedicated" breaker box.
Sidssp,I'm wondering what the safety concerns are? Maybe I need to rethink the way I grounded my sub-panel as described above? 
Adding second "dedicated" breaker box.
I thought the sub-panel was suppose to have it's own separate ground rod a few feet away from the ground rod for the main panel. The main ground rod and sub-panel ground should be attached with the same gauge copper wire as used from the main pane... 
Material Specifications/Layout for AC line
Looking good! 
Power Conditioner Helpful?
Yes, I think your system would benefit with some type or types of power conditioning. There are so many products on the market that I don't know what to suggest. Try a search on Audiogon or AA for ideas and /or reports regarding how well they work... 
Material Specifications/Layout for AC line
I have experimented over the last past three years with various wires to use for dedicated 20-amp circuits. I have the following wire in use in no special order:1) 10 gage Romex2) 10 gage UV3) Belden 83802 (12 gage) (Some people say they hear a gr... 
Material Specifications/Layout for AC line
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1044336719&openfrom&1&4#1 
Material Specifications/Layout for AC line
Beatlebum,Are you running AC dedicated lines from your main circuit breaker panel or a sub-panel? How long is the run from whichever panel you use to your AC outlets? 
The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test
I look forward to the reading and entertainment! :-) 
Ridge Street Audio MSE Gen.ll speaker cable
All I can say is that on my soild state and tube system there is no comparison what so ever. The MSE Gen. II surpasses the Cardas in every way. The music also sounds more live like, as in a live performance. 
Ridge Street Audio MSE Gen.ll speaker cable
Btstrg,Click on my reviews. 
Ridge Street Audio MSE Gen.ll speaker cable
Research the reviews, there have been several written that answer your questions and more. 
Suggestion please: How to improve sound.
All the above posts are correct and will help. Don’t forget after the above are tweaked that dedicated AC power outlets on their own circuits and clean AC power is also going to make an improvement (after the above suggestions are taken).