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Budget Chinese Tube amps - any good?
Rogue - usa made is another good choice 
Speaker cable advice
Don't have your set-up but am very please with Clear Day Cables in both of mine 
Herron VTSP3 pre-amp with what stereo poweramp
Thanks Wig, I know which you are using, I have them for other purposes 
How do you test different tubes?
I concur that there are legitimate vendors as named above along with the Tubedepot & Tubemonger that you can get quality new in box NOS tubes, and at reasonable prices which normally to my ears sound a lot better than the new production. 
Herron VTSP3 pre-amp with what stereo poweramp
Wig, what are you using between your M1 in order to stack them, tried seeing in your system pic but am unsure 
Best kt88 for VAC Avatar Super
I don't have a VAC, but if you speak with Kevin ask him if he has listened to the Shuguang Black Treasures, to my ears they are overall more musical that the GLs , base Shuguangs, JJs, SEDS - my experience with my Ayon Spirit 2 
Clearaudio Concept Recommended Phono Stages
Clearaudio Smartphono mm mc switchable 
What about JJ KT88 tubes?
Have used JJs , SEDS and GL reissues, I prefer the overall sound of the GL Reissue to those , no problems with reliability. That said, and while it is your choice on seeing the inside of the tube, the Black Treasure to my ears betters the rest, ex... 
Rogue Audio Cronus &/or Atlas owners ... TUBES ?
I use the KT90s in my Magnum version, so take this for what it is worth , might want to try the Black Trasure 6CA7 in place of the EL34/KT77 - I sawpped a quad of BT KT88s in my Ayon Spirit 2 in place of the very good Gold Lion Reissues and they t... 
Oppo 83se vs Oppo 8e se nuforce
Review in this issue of Absolute Sound 
Phono pre-amplifier
Clearaudio smartphono - accomodates MM and MC 
Do powercords make a difference in sound?
My experience is some aftermarkets do ,some don't 
Tube Rolling - Any tips or caveats
Other respectable tube suppierls are : tubemonegr; Tube depot & brent jesse - you can get good NOS tubes w/o spending a fortune 
ARC VSi60 vs Ayon Spirit II/III
Erikminer, I haven't heard the '#" but have the "2" and after Paul at USA Tube told me that,amongst other changes, that the "3" came with the Black Treasure tubes I decided to swap them in for the GL Reissues - they took a very good sounding amp u... 
Best sounding DAC with a Rega Apollo
I don't have an Apollo,but my experience with an Arcam CD72 has been that whether I've used a PS Audio Digi Link 3, Stello DA220MK2, or Audio Note 1.1 DAC, and then the Arcam as a transport that they all added better presence, dynamics, soundstage...