Primaluna or not Primaluna

Several of your sugestions is not availeble in Sweden (where I live). If I was in the US it would be pretty easy to order an amplifier from some small interesting brand and have the option to return it in, say, 60-days, if I don’t like it. That will not be so easy when living in Sweden. And if I took a chance and order a amp for $4000 it would be $5500 when I would receive it due to tax and fees.

Yes, there are always other amlifiers that sounds better. Even if I buy one for 10k there will be better ones.

I gladely loose some detailand sound stage to a sound that engages me, makes it fun to listen to the music and makes me forget analyzing everything. Rather a presentation that alows me to listen to more that 50% of my CD:s and LP:s without beeing disturbed by harsh and thin sound. With other words; it’s OK if the sound is a bit more warm and forgiving than being neutral and analytical.
I want an amplifier that seduces me with the music, not just giving me the biggest sound stage, all the details and the truth and nothing but the truth.

I remember when I was a teenager and I just was listening to the music and never had any thougts about how detailed or reveiling or.... the sound was. I was just embraced by the music.
I know I will never find my way back to when the music was everything and I never though much about the details of how the presentation.
When I bought my first "upgrade", then the hunt for better sound started.
Maybe 14 years as a mastering engineer ”destroyed my simple way” of listening too.

Problem is that I bought a tube amp several years ago (Tube Technology Unisis Signature with EL84 tubes) and fell in love with the ”tube magic”.
If it hadn’t been for for a bad PCB-card I would surely have used it today.
Bought a solid state amp, Musical Fidelity M6, but never really liked it.
Bought a Line Magnetic LM-34AI and never really liked it.
Bought an Audion Audio Sterling and really liked it, but the problem was the measly 12 watts.
So now I have a pile of tubes I want to use (EL34, KT88, 6550, 6922, ECC81, ECC82, ECC83, E88CC…).

And here I am today, struggeling to find the best partner to my
speakers...sigh.

Many thanks to you all for all the input.

It might be difficult to find preowned but a Leben CS600 or CS600x would check your power tube wants. Since you are desirous of rolling tubes, the Primaluna might be your best option given ease of rolling and adaptive auto bias. For best sound you might consider buying the amp for sound quality/match with your Tannoys and sell off the tubes.

A preowned Audio Note UK integrated might be all you need to match up well with the Tannoys and a Soro se sig used would slot into your price range. Once again, you fell in love with the tube sound when experimenting with an el84 based amp. Why not consider a preowned Audio Note OTO SE Sig or Leben CS300xs. Many of us here who have fallen for tubes over the years fell for the el84. I’ve spent alot of time and money over the years chasing ever more up the vacuum tube food chain. I have found it but it comes at a considerable cost. If I had stopped at the Leben cs300x/cs300xs 15 years ago I could own a small country with what I’ve spent since.

OP, I have had no problems with my Quicksilver Mono 60s. My local tech is an audiophile doing this 30 years. He upgraded the caps in my QS and said they were extremely well built -- great transformers, he said, which are key. In my virtual system, there's a photo of the guts of the amplifier (as well as the preamp), in case you want to see the point to point wiring and interior parts. 

Mike of Quicksilver has answered every email I've ever sent him and has a very good reputation on this forum and elsewhere. (There's a Facebook group for QS started by fans.) QS spends nothing on advertising and doesn't typically send units out to reviewers. It's a reputation and word of mouth based product as far as I can tell. FWIW.

I owned the Primaluna Evo 400 integrated. It was a nice start into tubes. I then purchased a Dialogue Premium Pre and ran it through the HT input and it was a fantastic upgrade. I then went to a Dialogue Premium HP Poweramp for about a year or so and loved the sound, but felt I wanted more detail retrieval (and less heat) so I tried a PS Audio BHK250 and the detail and delicacy really was a move forward. The bass is also something else entirely, but might be a little too laid back of a sound in all honesty. In my very simple experience, the Primaluna was a great entry amp, but my BHK250 is a 15% better amp. I run tubes on the inputs and solid state on the output. If I had to scale back I'd pick up another Primaluna. But I've moved a little past it and have been happier with the detail. Will be looking to upgrade my Dialogue Premium Pre soon as well. Hope this helps.