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Ship to USA only?
The problem is that they are extra fees shipping to Canada and more paperwork to fill out. Going to the post office here in the States and saying that you want to send something to Canada, boom! It's like you're trying to send something to Saddam ... 
Locating Van Alstine Company
It's in the Audiogon Manufacturers list. You can go there from the homepage. Website is http://www.avahifi.com 
Golden Tube Preamp Woes Revisited
According to the phono board manual, these are the jumper settings for PB-1: Jumper 1...left ch...install 100 ohm resistor Jumper 2...left ch...install 47k ohm resistor Jumper 3...left ch...install=200pF loaded; remove 100pF loaded Jumper 4...left... 
Golden Tube Preamp Woes Revisited
Also, anyone reading this, I would be very interested in obtaining schematics for Golden Tube gear, especially the SEP1 preamp. Also, any idea on where to get parts? Following this will be answer for Chuckaolcom. 
Marantz 2500 Volume Control - Help!
Sounds like you need to flush the pots (potentiometers). This might be a little tricky; some Marantz receivers don't have much access to them. Try taking both top cover and bottom cover off. You need to get some sort of cleaning spray, preferrably... 
Worst Rock Band Ever !!!!
All of you are missing the mark badly. The worst ever is THE ROLLING STONES. They haven't done anything creative since the 70's. But they got their big marketing machine rolling good. Their music is horrible and they always sounded bad together. T... 
Speakers: all-time worst
Stop bashing Bose! They're the smartest people on the planet! Dr. Amar is a pure genius, smarter than Albert Einstein. Bose has taken a piece of junk and using smart marketing and advertising, built an audio empire. Their board of directors must b... 
Are tuners getting worse?
Very good point. There is so much more RF pollution that wasn't there 20 years ago. But A/V units made nowadays do not come equipped with the electronics necessary to weed thru the noise and pull in AM/FM stations. They put everything on one cheap...