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Speaker Wire for Popular Budget System
Try Furutech UP-OCC 14 gauge wire from Parts Connexion. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
John Handy – Recorded Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival (Columbia 1966) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Monte Ballou And His New Castle Jazz Band – They’re Moving Willie’s Grave To Dig A Sewer (G.H.B. 1986)Wonderful 50s Portland West Coast Dixieland old-style happy jazz. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Sandra King Accompanied By Pat Smythe – In A Concert Of Vernon Duke (Audiophile 1985) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Keely Smith – Be My Love (Dot 1959 stereo) Awesome record.  
Rega planar 3 upgrade
Think of saving up for a Rega Planer 6. YOLO! I had a Linto on loan once and it was okay. Very tight and a little dry. The basic Croft Micro tube phono amp was more lively and transparent. There is so much more you can do. 
Jelco Tone Arm
I have 2 x 750L, 1 x 850S and a 850L.Not on your tables. They are very good tonearms. Not sure what to tell you but the 850/950 are a solid improvement on the 750.  
When are people going to wake up and realize listening is a skill?
The roads are too bad in the North East to allow enjoyment of a sports suspension.   
VTL 300 Deluxe monoblocks
Wrong book the one I had was his first I believe. It was full of schematics, and no reviews for memory eitherThis is the one I looked at.https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vtl-vacuum-tube-logic-book-david-247799935 
VTL 300 Deluxe monoblocks
No specific schematic in the book. There are a few reviews by J. Gordon holt and TAS. 
VTL 300 Deluxe monoblocks
I'll look tomorrow and follow up. 
Balls.....
FWIW, the consensus over in the Garrard idler world is that ceramic balls wear stainless steel spindles. I use a titanium ball with a third party bearing.  
Jelco Tone Arm
There are different Jelco models. Which one had you in mind? The 750/850/950 are solid performers. 
VTL 300 Deluxe monoblocks
I have the VTL book. If you need a few page scans, let me know. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
He accepted -$35I see what you did there....Anyhow, they have the Telefunken diamond between pins molded in glass.