Frankly, I should have suggested you check the fuse.
As to power cords, try several and see what you like. There is something to be said for "same cable" throughout a system, though that means you could miss by a mile too. I found very little benefit to rolling the audio tubes and those on the main chassis-- I went with Dutch tubes as I recall when I recently retubed.
The rectifier is key to this thing, though. And you’ll hear different things from different people which means a number of variables: system voicing, where the system benefits from the particular tubes strengths and minuses--as well as shortcomings in other parts of the system. Mine currently gels but I think this is very system dependent, based on personal (and hopefully informed) preferences.
BTW, is the tube you are focused on-- apparently a GZ32 equivalent-- the correct tube for this power supply?