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What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal?
45 years ago, when I spent a lot of time in movie theaters, our Dolby techs would put a microphone half way back in the seats just to right of center and set center channel at 85dB, left & right at 83dB and the surrounds at 81dB (using pink no... 
What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why?
Acoustic Research (AR) - Been around forever (1961); simplicity itself.  Belt driven and pretty much bullet proof since there's nothing much to go wrong.  Not going to find a better bang for the buck - I picked my first one up for less than $100. ... 
F-XLR to M-RCA recommendations
You might look at a product like: https://aphex.com/products/124b I've been using them for various applications for decades.  
Movie/film suggestions.
Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude (Cat Stevens Soundtrack)  
Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover)
10CC - The Original Soundtrack    
What preamp with both line stage and phono?
Looking for something Nelson Pass related?  How about the old Threshold FET 9e (if you can find one)?  
Top 10 Live Albums
Billy Joel - Songs in the Attic Bruce Hornsby - Intersections/ 1985-2005 and another thumbs up for: ELP - Brain Salad Surgery