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Component video cable?
Rives is right on the money.The Silver Serpent is a great cable and priced right.Go for it!!!!!!! 
Your favorite three Rolling Stones songs?
Satisfaction,Paint It Black and Gimme Shelter!!! 
BEST CHOICE OF INTERCONNECTS
The Stealth PGS gold cable will give you a very natural,open and detailed sound.Much better than alot of stuff out there.As for speaker cables,Acoustic Zen's line is hard to beat for the money.IMO.Good luck. 
How to ship BIG equipment at moderate cost?
I've had good luck with Roadway. 
What companies have gone above and beyond?
Sota and Eminent Technologies have both gone the extra mile. 
What's Best , Audio Research VT-100 or VT-100 MKII
Definetly the VT 2 having upgraded from the 1 although the VT3 is quite an improvment over the 2 IMHO. 
Turntable Stand
How much are you willing to spend? Sound Anchors makes a very solid 3 shelf stand and the top one which is set up to accomodate turntables works very well and looks great. 
SOTA Sapphire Upgrades
I've also had extremely good advice from Donna and Kirk at Sota.They truely care about their customers and products they offer.Going from the Sapprire to the Star is a major improvement however if you can spring for the Nova or Cosmos,you won't be... 
Cool Amp Stands - what to get at a good price?
Sound Anchor stands look great and are very reasonably priced compaired to others.They are made about 30 miles from where I live and the owner would probably work me a good deal as I have done buisness twice with him in the past.If you would like,... 
Analog Front End for 5000
Sota Star,ET 2.5 and Benz Ruby 2.Check the Sota website At Sotaturntables.com.A refurbished Star should run around 2600.A used ET on this site about 950.00 and the cart.1000-1300 and you have a front end that will kick butt.Good luck 
Disks for protecting wood floors from spike damage
Have some brass disks that I no longer use that you can have really cheap.I believe they are audio point products.If you want to email me,we can talk. 
Best turntable for Eminent Technology arm
I've used the ET on the SOTA Star and now the Millenia for many years and never had any trouble.My friend also used one with his VPI TNT.They both work very well. 
Best Power Cord
The Whale is hard to beat for the money.Agree with Ejlif on the AZ.Quite an amazing PC.Good luck. 
What tubes to use for Audio Research SP-9 MkIII?
I second the AR tubes having owned the SP-9 and they do sound their best with tube dampers. 
CLEAN RECORDS WITH WHAT?????
This recipe came out of the Absolute Sound about nine years ago and has served me well since:One gallon of pure distilled water,one pint 97% alcohol,10 drops of Kodak photo-flow and 10 drops of windex.This will run you about a dollar per gallon.Al...