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in the circle are the 3 series resistors 10M
 
Of course cleaning the needle is going to cause the woofers to move, you shouldn't be doing that with the volume turned up. I'm more than a little concerned that you find this odd or an indication of a problem. The pre-amp probably has a gain of close to 80dB or so at 20Hz including the line stage gain so this should not come as a surprise.

Your tape recorder is not compatible with this pre-amp. I think you should discuss this with technical support at ARC.

I find it very doubtful that there is anything actually wrong with it beyond the fact that it was not designed to do what you expect, and your understanding of circuit design is too limited to figure things out.
 
I have a solution if decide against the 100k pot, you could install 12at7's disconnect the trim feedback, and install a 27k resistor between the cathodes of the gain stages. Below is the spiced schematic, good results and between 42 and 45dB gain. The PF resistor can be tailored for an even better response.
 
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I spiced the 1M resistor into the feedback, the AC sweep isn't very smooth, I'm not sure why ARC did this, I've spiced out several of their phono designs, and they aren't that great! at least their all tube designs! I'm not sure if their current designers use spice programs to test their new schemas or not, would be a helpful tool!
 
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I spiced the 1M resistor into the feedback, the AC sweep isn't very smooth, I'm not sure why ARC did this, I've spiced out several of their designs, and they aren't that great!
With just 1M, the response is not straight (dip down 2.5dbs) after 150Hz or so. So I also change feedback resistor 137Kto 62K and cap 2276pf to 5nf in addition to TRM 1M, now appears smooth and gain down to -2 db.
 
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