VTL's and KT88's?

It might be interesting to read this first....

...' NEW SENSOR in New York today owns the brand rights of the 'GOLD LION' brand. That is all they own. They do not use the original tools, neither are their new tools copies of the original tools. The GOLDEN LION tubes, sold by NEW SENSOR, are made in the Reflektor factory in Saratov Russia, and inside I see the plain old Electro Harmonix construction, as they used always'.....(scroll to read )

https://jacmusic.com/KT88/kt88.htm

"...inside I see the plain old Electro Harmonix construction, as they used always’..."       See any side ring getters/silver side gettering, in any of EH’s KT88 iterations?        Compare the top supports, plates, etc.      Differing construction, between Russian Gold Lion and all of EH’s KT-88 versions.      Apparently: whoever wrote the article cited, can’t discern obvious construction differences, either.      Further: no sellers, or- anyone on AudiogoN (that I’ve noticed) are attempting to pass off the Russian, GL re-pops as actually being produced with original equipment (or copies) from the Genelex plant.              They’re just excellent tubes, from experience.

The best tubes for VTL, KT 88 Golden Lion