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

You are right, Modjeski is the only other person I would buy tubes from. In fact I will be ordering tubes from him very soon, but if it is for a Quicksilver amp I buy from Mike.

I was recently inquiring about Genelex reissues and both Mike Sanders and Roger Modjeski talked me out of buying them. Since they both know tubes better than I could ever dream to know I took their advice.

Was that for KT88s? If so, what did Roger recommend? His "NOS" Russians?

Well, it is worth trying at least, and if Roger tests them you can have faith they have been very well matched. I used them and thought they sounded really good (not in a QS amp though) and the EL84s are excellent in the Music Reference RM10 and recommended by both Roger and Jim McShane (bought a quad from both). But I guess we are getting a bit off track. I had not heard of the Silver 88s and they seem like a very interesting pair of amps, I definitely like the idea of two tubes per channel...

Copied above quote from our late friend Paul...RIP my friend, you are missed in this community. I enjoyed our phone conversation, and regret not having met you in person. -Don
"Not having heard the Silver 88, but just read the description on his site, it would seem that if the 88s do have the lowest about (insert: OUTPUT) impedance (highest damping)that the 88s should give you controlled bass (for a tube amp)with a lot of purity that comes from the simpler output stage. There is something to fewer tubes making for better sound IF you can get enough power, and I think 80 watts of tube power is plenty of power for your application, I doubt you could hear any meaningful difference between 80 and 120 watts."
The current Quicksilvers have as high of a damping factor, but do not list output impedance specs. I am thinking of the Mono 120's, Sixty Watt mono's, or (now discontinued)  Silver 88's to drive Harbeth C7's. Any thoughts on this. Please help so I don't go the dark side (Solid State)...hahah(-: Cheers-Don