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Best Options In A Balanced Preamp Under $1500.00?
Wait on a used W4S STP-SE. A lot of pre for the doe... 
Unison Research Simply Italy or Primaluna Dialogue
I owned the Primaluna D2 and the Stingray and the Manley absolutely crushes the PLD2. Not even in the same hemisphere... 
Best sounding integrated between $1500-$3000
A Used Decware Zen TorII Mk3 for around $2000.00 and then add some nice used strong testing or NOS Mullard Power tubes and some nice Amperex Gold pin Input tubes and you will climb to entire new level. Google Decware TorII Mk3 and check it out. It... 
Fidelizer
It works great and I use it with Jplay. You can use both as I do... 
Best Integrated for Martin Logan Motion 12's?
Something with tubes. Then get some Amperex gold pins for the input tubes. I have a bunch of ML gear and they love tubes ... 
How much does your system retail for?
About $30k and Counting... Still have a ways to go though but starting to turn some corners... Had a pretty nice SQ break through last week that tied a lot of other stuff together for me... Was happy about that but also that leads to better unders... 
Best cheap speaker cables............again
Used pair of Nordost Blue Haven on CL or the bay in the $300 to $400 can not be touched by any of these your considering. You will have to dig around but it will be worth it for that type of performance for that type of money... 
Power Cords: A Skeptic Looking to Dabble...
Patrick at Cullen cable here on this site has some great and inexpensive cords that will make a nice difference for you. He also has an outlet filter that will be much better than the PC you are using. I think its the Cullen ultimate outlet. Trust...