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A'gon Classified or Auction - Which do you prefer?
Classified. I don't look at the auctions. I do auctions on ebay. 
It's 2050. I'm 84 years old...
I'll be 102, and Elvis has not left the building.... 
Higher-End In-Ceiling Speakers
Basically, any speaker mounted in the ceiling is "high end" so you might as well by the cheapest one you can find. 
Dynakit Stereo 70 Restoration service
Curcico Audio does restoration. They're on the web plus they have upgrades and mods/ 
Toslink Survey / Please Participate
I bought a toslink cable from Radio Shack for, I dont know, 10-20 bucks,,and used it for home theatre and to an old theta processor and it sounds fine to me. I do have coax in my main system, but I dont know if it makes much difference.. 
Crazy Idea
lots of d/a converters take optical, at least toslink. I know nothing about airport express..or do you mean wireless? if so, I don't know Good luck 
Review: Dakiom A103 and R103 Tweak
I've got mine on order, so I can't say yet what my experience is with them. In regard to detail vs digititus, my experience with live music is that there (of course) is no digititus, but also that there is often less detail than I hear on cds. So ... 
Modwright
I bought a used MSB DAC on audiogon that had been modified by Modwright and it is terrific. I think Modwright's reputation is extremely good. 
Vintage Advents too big for small room?
Stands is a good idea. And moving them as far away from the corners as you possibly can--is there some room arrangement you haven't thought of that might be a little wierd but would work? I have in a second system of sorts a pair of very cheap but... 
Can a transformer be replaced?
They say everything can be replaced/They say every distance is not near--Bob Dylan. 
new gear vs used gear
Speakers speaker cables, and Sacd player new. The rest is used. 
How Dedicated Must a Dedicated Circuit Be?
It must be dedicated to the one it loves. 
iPod to DAC Connection
This does not answer your question, but are you aware of the report in TAS a time or two ago that described a system at CES that Dave Wilson set up to show off his speakers and to also show that speakers were by far the most important component in... 
What does
The standards for the compact disk were defined by Sony/Philips and published in a book that was (literally) red. At least that's what I think it means. It's used now to differentiate "regular" cds from sacd's and dvd-a's. 
New Nixon Dac question...
I think it means the input impedence of your preamp or amp. Last time I looked at the website there was a blub about the output of the dac. It is somewhat "low" or right on the border...I think slightly less than 2 volts. Whether it will drive you...