I'm not sure I have much to add, mulveling covered a lot of ground. As he said, some hiss is normal with high efficiency speakers. I think I had Klipsch speakers when I had my M180s and if you got close to the tweeters, you could hear some hiss, but while listening it wasn't noticeable. Also consider the KT120 power tubes and give the triode / ultralinear modes a try, and try both the 8 and 4 ohm taps. I preferred ultralinear, but triode might be better with the Zu speakers. It's worth experimenting. And yes, nice gift!
Having said that, if it was me, once you are confident they are working properly, I would consider flipping them and getting lower powered tube amps that are better suited to your speakers.