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Cartridge suggestions
If you plan to use the JVC deck for a while, I wouldn't spend alot on a cartridge until you can afford to get a good turntable and tonearm. You can get a Grado Prestige Black for around $40 which will sound quite decent with an inexpensive deck. W... 
Speaker support for Full range
Under my turntable I have homemade isolation base[Think of the Brightstar Big Rocks with Buckwheat hulls inside instead of sand- this is akin to an air-tube without the fuss]. The turntable itself has Black Diamond Racing #3 cones bolted to the ba... 
Proportional Allocation to Total System
Sorry I'm not much of one for percentages, but I'll give you my general opinion. The source is primary[it's first after all]. Pre/power combo is important, but not as important as the speakers. You need good cabling but no need to spend vast amoun... 
Speaker support for Full range
You might go another way altogether, try the Vibrapods under your cabinets. Instead of being rigid, the are compliant and dissapate the vibrational energy rather than just allowing select frequencies to pass through as all rigid feet do. You shoul... 
Asymmetric Interconnect/Speaker Cable?
It is best to avoid unequal lengths of wire in your system. I've even heard differences in the sound with uneven lengths of the internal hooked up wire between left and right channels. When I did mods on my integrated amp I replaced the internal w... 
Integrateds, for $1000.00
How about the new Musical Fidelity A3 Integrated Amp? It's $995.00 from Audio Advisor with a 30 day money back guarantee.Hi-Fi News gave it a rave review. It's 85 watts dual mono with a phono stage and remote. It puts out 170 watts into a 4ohm loa...