Quicksilver Mono 120 vs. Quicksilver V4

Forgive me for waxing nostalgic but I ran a pair of Quicksilver Monos for many years (damn, I can't remember what preamps I coupled the Quickies with).  At the time I lived less than five miles from Mike Sander's house, so it was no problem getting silver-quick replacements for those soulful if highly neurotic 8417 output tubes. Don't look at them funny!  At any rate, I eventually lost my patience with the ever-increasing cost of buying matched 8417s and bought a Primaluna Prologue One integrated.  Been happily out of the amp trade-up game ever since.

noromance -- My sad-happy tale.  A bit peeved at the idea of keeping the Quickie fed with fussy, short-lived, no-longer-manufactured 8417s, I decided to simplify my life and shop for an integrated.  I tested a variety of them at various hi-end stores in the L.A. area, taking home samples ranging from the latest tech to the outright Medieval.  I wound up at  Kevin Deal's Upscale Audio, which  wasn't far away from where I lived.  I drove back to my house with an EL-34 tubed PL.  It sounded shockingly good.  It pushed all my emotional buttons.  "And he lived, I hope, happily ever after."