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tube amps SET,psuh pull ,hi power whats better ?
Check out the All class A 12Watt EL84 PP designed by Jack Elliano from electra-print.comhttp://www.geocities.com/n9zes%40sbcglobal.net/EL84PSA.html 
Used preamps under $500 better than Audiolab 8000C
If you don't mind getting vintage tube gear, there are many choices under $500. Some of those out performs some $1500 to $5000 full functon preamps we owned in over five different setups. 
Any replacement tubes for Sonic Frontier Line 3
Replace the Sovtek 6922 with Siemens 6DJ8/ECC88 
McIntosh MC60 vs MC30
both sound very different. It is like comparing to MC275 to MC240. The MC60s has more power to drive the bass than th MC30. In our 5 diffent setups, the MC30s are not even as good as the MC240. Turn back in time, the speakers were much more effici... 
Best amp for $2000-3000
2nd to Bryston 7BST monos 
what do I upgrade?
If this is my setup, I wouldlook into high current Jeff Rowland amps.The Wilson speakers do suck a lot of juice.Definitely a super size power cord will help too.I would get a nice tube preamp. 
Push pull 300B amplifiers
I believe Kevin Kennedy's PP 300B design would be great. Pure class A PP. The Citation II transformer will do great here too. Most of people don't like PP 300B because of the cost. You can get similar performance with KT-88/KT-90 PP tube amps runn... 
I'm Very SCARED - Please advise, Cartridge Drop
Yes... I accidentally ripped of my stylus and broke the cantilever beam on my $5000 catridge... it was obviously expensive to replace... So I never try to play LP when I'm too tired or not 100% awake : ( 
best matching speaker stand for B&W 805 sig
Atlantic Tech Reference XL 24" (Fat column type)or the Target R seriesor the B&W stands 
Please help with phono hum
Sorry, 3000 miles is bit far : )Vinyl is not always better than CD. Recording: Recording itself has a lot to do with it. If the recording is originally from Analog and then re-mastered into digital then Vinyl can be better ( but not always.) Vinyl... 
WBT Nextgen RCA connector evaluation & shoot-out
Johnny, you're missing the point. The shell is only for ground connection and it has nothing to do with signal path. If your ground is part of your signal path then you have serious problem in your equipment. 
WBT Nextgen RCA connector evaluation & shoot-out
You're wrong about the WBT-0201. The Center pin for the positive signal is E-cu 99.996% It is identical as the WBT nextGen. So I don't see why the NextGen verision is better in terms of signal transfer.The External socket for the ground connection... 
9 gauge vs 12 gauge Jumper of same brand cable
YES. Discrete Biwiring is the setup D 
WBT Nextgen RCA connector evaluation & shoot-out
Johnny, have you compared to WBT-0201 and the Next Gen WBT-0210 female RCA plugs?I heard the first batch of 0210 had defect.Also, it is made out of cheaper material than the good old 0201/0208 type. I noticed a big improvement from Cardas to the 0... 
9 gauge vs 12 gauge Jumper of same brand cable
In setup D, the jumper brass plate was not in the picture.Yes, two pairs of identical cable running parallel.On the amp side, there is only one set of output, we use banana plugs for the convenience to stack them.On the speaker side, we run bare w...