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Is the Portal Panache enough?
I had a Panache at one time, in fact regret selling it as I thought it was a very musical and enjoyable to listen. The one shortcoming in my mind was that it could have used a little more "ump!" when listening to either some general tracks, or def... 
Must Hear Speakers in $10K range
Second Tyler Acoustics, and will add in JM Reynauds 
great bookshelf speakers vs 12-18 k floor speakers
JM Reynaud Offrande Supremes 
Best Bang 4 the $ Intergrated Amp
Seabreeze why not contact Silverline and ask them for a suggestion with the price range he has , they should have a sense of what matches well. 
Replacing The Stock EH 6SN7 Tubes For Cary SLP 05
I have no affiliation to Brent Jesse other than as a customer, thought this link to his 6sn7 webpage might give you so insights on various tubeshttp://www.audiotubes.com/6sn7.htm 
Power cords, AC line conditioners---preferences?
Blue Circle BC6000 Conditioner, a musical plus to my system 
Tyler Acoustics my experience
Use Rogue Cronus Magnum or Plinius 8200 MK2 with my Decade 3's , have also used the 8200 with Linbrook System2s and Taylo 7Us, and my Ayon Spirit 2 with the System 2s and Decade 3sTo my ears all have been a good match musically and ability to driv... 
Tyler Acoustics my experience
Maybe you should re-read your own post Kurt "Answering all of the questions that Tpreaves and I have asked will go a long way toward establishing that you are indeed a fellow audiophile, and not some sort of shill, and especially since you don't p... 
Rogue amps-- try 5751 instead of 12ax7
Sebastien1 - yes realized you were interested in the KT77s not the 88s was just trying to give you a sense of a possible alternative based upon what I'm hearing when comparing the 2 KT88s - enjoy! 
Sonic differences Rogue Cronus vs. Cronus Magnum?
why not get the answer directly from Mark at Rogue, he's transparent about his amps 
Rogue amps-- try 5751 instead of 12ax7
Use NOS Tungsol 5751s in my Cronus MagnumSebastien, take this for what it's worth as I am not partial to EL34s,I recently swapped GL KT88s out of my Ayon Spirit for Shuguang Black Treasures - to my ears they take the music up a few notches, more d... 
Can you compare NAD C370 with Portal Panache Int.
Had both of these in the past, to my ears the Panache was a step up in musical presentation, good balance across the board , warmer tone to it. 
Shuguang Treasure tubes....
Honest 1 - BT was my abbreviation for the black treasure tubesas you described 
Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?
Also just did the same and echo your comments, more detail, resolution and clarity with the Reflections 
ARC VSi60 vs Ayon Spirit II/III
I have experienced none whatsoever with my Spirit. Mine was originally tubed by USA Tube Audio with a choice of Gold Lion Reissue KT88s or what it was shipped with;I choose the GLs . The original signal tubes I think were EH current issue; some ti...