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Jumper the cathode of the final output tube to one lead of the heater supply for that tube. I'm not sure of what tubes you are running on the amp so I can't give the actual pin designations. It's a very easy mod. There is also another possibility here- headphones are incredibly efficient and if...

You can do some simple troubleshooting yourself- clean the tube sockets and reposition the tubes- I would also suggest cleaning the controls with Deoxit. You may just have a weak tube somewhere- verify this by swapping laft channel tubes for right channel tubes and see if the problem migrates...

I used to have a pair of SR60's. My son came home from college and they miraculously disappeared. That was about 10 years ago. Never got around to replacing them. They were a bit janky but some days I wish I still had them.

I keep 4 tables set up in 4 different rooms. Two on each coast.

Leave well enough alone. If you really want to replace the cartridge it would be safer to attack desoldering from the other end. If it were me I would invest in a second head shell

Dynaco A25 and Acoustic Research AR-5 are what I've enjoyed with mine. I've also used my Klipsch Heresy's....not so great but YMMV

I have both Fisher and Scott tube gear, Scott has marginally better phono preamps, and their aluminum chassis age better, Fisher tended to use better resistors and components. Its really a photo finish. I personally prefer the 50's Scott gear with metal knobs and gold faceplates

Try replacing those cables running to the headphone jack with a longer length of shielded cable and run it out of the way of the board, Ground just one side of the shield, The wires going to the pot are already wired this way and i would do the same with the headphone wires as a precaution, If...

I use vintage AR speaker stands which elevate my speakers by a foot

Make sure the stylus is fully seated on the cartridge,

I would be concerned with those unshielded flying leads to what looks like the headphone jack, If it were my amp I would either route those leads to the edges of the amp and/or shield those leads

I would start with something more basic. You might just have dirty tube sockets that need cleaning and retensioning.

Nice pickup for $15.

In my Scott 299A I totally removed that phase reversal switch which was a huge source of noise and intermittent sound. The circuit in that amp was a little different, but same idea. You won't miss it. I wound up repurposing the slide switch for Power on/off when I replaced the loudness control...

I've had decent luck using a homemade dipole antenna using twin lead 300 ohm antenna wire. I usee about 10 feet in overall length which is about a full wavelength for my local PBS station.