Still waiting on the tubes, not sure when they'll arrive (I never got a response from bottlehead replacement, but when I needed one of the nuts replaced in my kit I didn't get a response either and those showed up. Doc, I would recommend having Bottlehead replacement reply to requests confirming the replacement will be shipped out, it should make things a bit easier.).
Still, today is one of the few days where I can really crank my gear, and when listening at a high volume I don't hear the problems, so I'm happily playing some music through my Quickie and it sounds nice.