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single ended cable crossed at bi wireable speaker?
Or you can thread wires through both terminals without using any jumpers in the single wire setup. 
WHAT RECORDINGS MAKE YOUR SYSTEM SHINE?
King Crimson's "Three of a Perfect Pair", Zappa "Broadway The Hard Way", Can "Rite Time", Yello "Racing Song", Ed Mann "Get Up", Pierre Moerlen's "Gong", Lounge Lizards, Carla Bley, National Health, Ginger Baker, Jane Sibbery, Fela Kuti... The lis... 
Cartridge Setup - Where to buy tools?
I've purchased Turntable Basics mirror protractor more than 10 years ago over the internet and still use it with ease as well as Shure VTF mechanical gauge. Definitely no need to purchase fancy schmancy digital gauge because at the end you'll stil... 
what is wrong with my cd player?
dirty lens. there are sweep CDs but the best if you go inside the mechanizm and clean it right there but with caution not to destroy the mechanizm. 
Cartridge Setup - Where to buy tools?
My favorite:http://turntablebasics.com/ 
Low level noise from spkr when nothing is playing
If it's only audible when your ear is close to speaker and it's not volume depended do nothing and leave it as-is. 
The truth on low efficiency speakers like B&W?
No matter how powerful your amp is you'll never get bass from B&W 802. It's a unique speaker that doesn't benefit much from quality or quantity of amplification and it's a biggest looser in audio industry IMHO(pardon 801's bigger). 
Road Trip
Due to my poor English, I'm having difficulties to understand the phrase "wasting dealer's time". Please help. 
single ended cable crossed at bi wireable speaker?
I use unterminated VDH unterminated bulk speaker wire on on all speaker terminals in bi-wire set up. If I would go single-wire I would definitely strip it more and connect it through both binding posts using NO jumpers at all. One pure wire may be... 
Screech when turning tube pre on
I believe that also it may need tubes replaced. 
single ended cable crossed at bi wireable speaker?
It doesn't matter where you will connect your cable HF or LF you can do both at LF or both at HF or +HF -LF and vise versa as long as you keep electric terminals same(pos neg). 
My new apartment has no 3 prong plugs with ground
Pre-war 2-prong wireing imposes a danger of setting building on fire and needs to be rewired new. Any tenant ringing a bell should not be neglected weather landlord loves or hates such. No matter how many amps you've got you may only use it OK for... 
Dead Can Dance 2012 Tour
Hah only US venues did not fill up. What a discrace! 
My new apartment has no 3 prong plugs with ground
Speak to landlord to go with the building CODE and to replace/rewire them ALL at once. Calling building inspector once in a while will stimulate the landlord's speed of action. 
Panasonic VT50
Got one 42" in 2007 in 2010 diagnosed with control board failure $350 for the board + remaining value of TV = disposable unit for near kilobuck when new. Managed to 'band-aid' the bad one and quickly dump it to Pawn America for $250 Whew! Switched...