I never warmed up to the TC one, but have always loved the Softube one. I have the hardware as well. The new Mk2 is next level. It just sounds more real, clear and what I think it is supposed to sound like. When I compare to v1, I hear issues that never bothered me much in the past, but now they can't be unheard. Same goes for the eqs, though the difference is more subtle. I paid up before even testing it. I use these plugins in all my sessions and think the upgrade was money well spent. Well, at least until I realised they were no longer AAX DSP. That pissed me off, but I can still use v1 in a pinch.