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Is it the cable or the cartridge or????
What about the ground. You should check the ground and use separate wire to connect between the ground binding posts from tonearm(tonearm box) to phono. 
wiring a 2 channel home theater
I have a similar situation as yours. I have a 2ch combined with video system. For this you just need two outs from your DVD: the digital and the AV3.I use my DAC with LD transport(meaning digital audio out into the DAC) and AV3 out onto the TV.TV ... 
Any Opinions on Tannoy Speakers?
IMHO d500 and d700 are the speakers to pay attention for. Churchhills are much more expencive. WAF is unacceptable on all these models -- simply ugly. 
SME Headshell: Fixed or detachable?
Currently I can only afford for myself Graham 1.5 which is no longer produced and very hard to find. Even if I will not be able to get Graham 1.5 I will still wait and pass on SME arms in favor of Graham arm for my next upgrade(not too soon but ma... 
Need Advice on Downsizing :-
That's right on Tubegroover! I believe that the most musical component in this system is CD player(one of the best for the money) 
Bi-Wire
After several researches and trials, I've realised that biwiring your speakers can bring you more disadvantages than benefits since it changes an equivalent circuit of speaker-crossover combo. Another words your speaker cables become more to parti... 
Mid-Hi fi Phono preamp w/ volume control?
Yes there is no mistake on that one:order it directly from www.stoneaudio.co.uk for  
Mid-Hi fi Phono preamp w/ volume control?
EAR 834 doesn't look and sound like mid-fi. It's rather true high-end device. It's quite a work for now to get it under $500. Brittish pound drops down for now(thanks to EURO!) and ordering directly from England will save you a couple... 
music, colors and psychic abilities
Yes, right on...Even Miles Davis knew that colours not only can be visible but audiable too... 
Are Cheap XLR Balanced Better Or GOOD RCA
Some of the Japanese pro balanced cables can realy honestly perform meaning transfer from one component to another in the newtral media. Their performance is great for the price offered. 
component order on a rack?
Depends on the distance between your components. I wouldn't place the power amp on the one stand with small signal components because there is a possibility of induction of parasite currents if the power transformers aren't shielded well. It may c... 
SME Headshell: Fixed or detachable?
Make sure you go for fixed head shell version ONLY.The detachable headshell has an advantage of not using it at all and to use the arm-mounting cartridges. It also has a resonance with armtube which is the main reason getting fixed head shell only... 
Need Advice on Downsizing :-
If you sell CD-player you will break the main -- music!!!You should definitely downsize your preamp for the simplier model or integrated instead of separates. As far as I know you can use passive preamp(something like Pass Aleph P or even cheaper ... 
Like Herbie Hancock's funk, more please
I usually mention that none does:Stanley Clarke from A to Z a hell of a funky guy and he played with Chick Corea(probably Electric Band as I recall...)Brand-X is "one or two steps up" in terms of sophistication from Herbie.Material(Bill Laswell) -... 
Digital recording, mixing Need professional help.
I've certainly no doubt about analogue machines vs any digital for music recording. 80% of my listening collection is analogue as well.I'm pretty sure that there is a number of artists being recorded analogue first but within the time it will not ...