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Quicksilver V4 or Silver 88 advice needed.....

I've compared an older first generation Quicksilver V4 (green LED power switch) and a Quicksilver Silver 70 (blue Led) and am looking to get the best of both worlds....

1. Love the drive and bottom end on the older V4...the drive is simply amazing with my Vandersteen 2ce Sig II speakers.

2. Love the midrange on the Silver 70. It's liquid 3-D.

What combines these two?

....the newer Quicksilver V4 (blue led with newer transformer) or the Silver 88?

Any advice appreciated from the experts out there! Thank you in advance.

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Theron
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yogiboy
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I own the Silver 70's and use them with EL34's. Just a word of caution, you can only use kt88 tubes with the 88 but you can use different type tubes with the V4 and the 70.
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theron_day OP
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I have Gold Lion KT88 reissues and really like them in the 2 QS amps mentioned.

BTW I think you can also use the KT90 in the Silver 88 if I am not mistaken...
pubul57
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Yes you can us the KT90. The GL KT88 reissuses are excellent tubes IMHO.
rrog
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Mike Sanders is great at sorting tubes and his prices are reasonable. I would go with whatever he recommends. I have had fantastic performance with his selected KT88s regardless of brand.
pubul57
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I agree with you about MS and his tube matching. But one fella that is peerless at tube matching is Roger Modjeski of RAM Labs, who happens to now offer the Genalex KT88 Reissues and there is no question they are superior tubes to the Chineese/Russian tubes Mike carries. In both cases you will get very well tested and matched tubes, but I think the Genalex is simply a superior tube to any other current production KT88.
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